An residence is seen broken after a Russian assault on residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.
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KYIV, Ukraine — 4 individuals had been killed after Russia unleashed a large mixed assault on Kyiv early Friday, sparking fires and scattering particles throughout many districts of the capital, Ukrainian authorities mentioned.
At the least 27 individuals had been injured as emergency crews responded to a number of strikes, mentioned Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s army administration. At the least 430 drones and 18 missiles had been used within the assault throughout the nation, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned.
He mentioned the assault, which struck different areas of the nation, was concentrating on Kyiv. “A specifically calculated assault to trigger as a lot hurt as attainable to individuals and civilians,” Zelenskyy mentioned in a publish on Telegram. He added the Azerbaijan Embassy was broken by fragments of an Iskander missile.
Fifteen individuals had been hospitalized, together with one man in essential situation and a pregnant lady, after a sequence of highly effective explosions sounded within the metropolis and airs defenses had been activated.
Metropolis authorities warned that energy and water outages are attainable.
Within the Darnytskyi district, particles landed within the yard of a residential constructing and on the grounds of an academic facility. A automotive caught hearth after being hit by falling fragments.
Within the Dniprovskyi district, particles broken three residence buildings, a personal family and triggered a fireplace in an open space.
Folks cover in a metro station, getting used as a bomb shelter, throughout a Russian drones assault in Kyiv, Ukraine, early Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.
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Within the Podilskyi district, 5 residential buildings and a nonresidential construction had been broken.
Within the Shevchenkivskyi district, falling particles sparked a fireplace in an open space close to a medical facility and inside a nonresidential constructing.
Within the Holosiivskyi district, particles ignited a fireplace at a medical facility and broken one other nonresidential constructing.
Within the Desnianskyi district, fires had been recorded in two residential buildings.
Within the Solomianskyi district, a fireplace broke out on the roof of a residential constructing.
Within the Sviatoshynskyi district, particles triggered a fireplace in a personal dwelling.
Within the Kyiv area, Russian strikes broken essential infrastructure and personal houses, injuring not less than one civilian, regional head Mykola Kalashnyk mentioned. A 55-year-old man in Bila Tserkva suffered thermal burns and was hospitalized, he mentioned. Fires broke out in personal homes within the capital’s suburbs.
The strike got here as European Union officers warned this week that Ukraine should proceed to crack down on corruption following a significant graft scandal that has put prime nuclear power officers below scrutiny. However in addition they provided assurances that support will proceed to movement as Kyiv strains to carry again Russia’s invasion.
