KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital Saturday with a barrage of drones and missiles, killing at least four people, while Russian industrial facilities were set on fire by the Ukrainian attack.
Russia launched 39 Shahed drones, other simulator drones and four ballistic missiles early Saturday, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. Ukraine's air defense forces shot down two missiles and 24 drones. A further 14 drone simulators were unaccounted for, the statement said.
Timur Tkachenko, head of the Kiev City Military Administration, said four people were killed when a missile fell over the Shevchenkivsky district. Debris was also reported to have fallen in the Desnyansky district.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said windows were broken and smoke rose at the entrances to houses in Shevchenkivsky district, adding that water pipelines were also damaged.
Associated Press reporters at the scene saw a dead man lying in a pool of blood in the rubble. Roads were flooded with water while firefighters extinguished the fire caused by the attack.
Klitschko also said Lukyanivska metro station was closed after the glass entrance was damaged in the attack.
KYIV, UKRAINE – JANUARY 18: A police officer stands in front of a damaged metro station and McDonald's entrance after a ballistic missile attack by Russia on January 18, 2025 in Kiev, Ukraine. (Photo by: Yevhenii Zavhorodnii/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Ukraine's General Prosecutor's Office announced in a statement that an investigation into the missile attack has been opened. The victims were a security guard at a restaurant and three people who were riding a minibus on the street.
Drones and missiles were shot down throughout Ukraine, in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kiev, Khmelnytsky, Zhytomir, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Donetsk regions.
Elsewhere, industrial sites in Russia's Kaluga and Tula regions were set on fire by Ukrainian drone strikes, local officials said on Saturday.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that 46 drones were destroyed overnight across Ukraine.
In the Kaluga region, a drone attack caused a fire in the town of Lyudinovo, Governor Vladislav Shapsha wrote on Telegram. Residents said on social media that the attack targeted a local oil depot.
Fires were also reported in the Tula region, with Governor Dmitry Milyaev saying a fuel storage tank had been set on fire. He warned residents to stay away from fallen drone debris.
No casualties were reported in either case.
