6 killed, 29 injured in Kyiv and oblast during mass Russian overnight missile and drone attack
A residential building stands damaged after a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 22, 2025. (Yan Dobronosov / Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images)
Editor's Note: This is a developing story.
A large-scale missile and drone attack on energy infrastructure across Ukraine killed six people and injured at least 44 overnight on Oct. 22, according to authorities.
In Kyiv, two people were killed and 29 injured, while four were killed in the Brovarsky district of Kyiv Oblast, regional authorities said. In Zaporizhzhia Oblast, at least 15 civilians were injured, Governor Ivan Fedorov said.
The strikes were widespread — President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Oct. 22 that Russia had also struck sites in Odesa, Chernihiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Poltava, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, and Sumy oblasts.
Later on Oct. 22, a Russian strike hit a kindergarten in Kharkiv.
Ukraine's biggest private energy firm, DTEK, said emergency power outages were in place in Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and reported "significant damage" to energy infrastructure in Odesa Oblast.
"I was sitting in the corridor, waiting out the attack, when I heard a powerful explosion." Halyna Ivanivna Sharii, a resident of a building in the Dniprovskiy District , located on the left bank of the capital, told the Kyiv Independent.
"For a moment, I thought our building was collapsing but it turned out it was the one next door. It was terrifying. But what can you do? It’s not the first time my building has shaken like this.
"We just have to endure it. This is war."
Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast
Kyiv residents heard explosions around 1:10 a.m. local time, shortly after authorities issued a ballistic missile warning, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground. Several more rounds of explosions followed about 30 minutes later.
Several fires broke out in the city, and medics were dispatched to the attack sites. Klitschko reported that vehicle fires and damage to windows and courtyards of residential buildings occurred, and a blaze at a residential high-rise was contained. Additionally, emergency services rescued 10 people from the building.
Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said that, in total, two people had been killed in Kyiv, and 29 injured, including five children.
"It’s hard to describe how I feel about it," Ira Lukiants who lives on the 9th floor of a building in the Dniprovskiy District that was hit told the Kyiv Independent.
"The adrenaline is still rushing, the emotions will come later. I know the lower-floor apartments were hit much harder. I was lucky enough."
The toll was higher in Kyiv Oblast, where four people were killed, Governor Mykola Kalashnik said. The bodies of a woman born in 1987, a 6-month-old child and a 12-year-old girl were found at the scene of a fire in a house in the Brovarsky district. He later said that the body of a man born in 1987 was also found in the Brovarsky district.
Zaporizhzhia and Odesa oblasts
Zaporizhzhia Oblast also came under heavy attack overnight. Governor Ivan Fedorov said Russian forces had carried out 860 strikes on 14 settlements. Thirteen people were injured in an attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia, while another two were wounded in the Vasyllivsky district.
The governor said he received 48 reports of damage to houses, cars, and buildings, including an apartment building.
The attacks in Izmail, Odesa Oblast, reportedly caused power outages in the city. Recent attacks on the region's energy facilities have left thousands of households without power.
Zelensky condemned the attack, saying it was "another night proving that Russia is not feeling enough pressure for prolonging the war."
"Our air defense forces, mobile fire groups, and interceptor drone crews worked throughout the night and morning. Ordinary cities were under attack, primarily targeting our energy infrastructure, but there were also many hits on residential buildings," Zelensky wrote on Telegram.
"Russian words about diplomacy mean nothing until Russian leaders feel critical problems. And this can only be achieved through sanctions, long-range action, and coordinated diplomacy by all our partners. The time has come to adopt a strong package of sanctions by the European Union," he added.
The attack comes shortly after Ukraine launched Storm Shadow missiles in a mass strike on Russia, according to the General Staff. The attack allegedly struck Russia's Bryansk Chemical Plant, which produces key components for Russian missiles.
This latest mass attack comes amid an intensified Russian assault against Ukraine's energy facilities ahead of winter. Another deadly missile strike on Kyiv on Oct. 10 damaged a thermal power plant and triggered large-scale blackouts.
