At least 20 injured, including children, in Kyiv following Russian missile, drone attack

Russia launched a drone and missile attack on Kyiv on the night of Sept. 16-17, damaging an education facility and injuring at least 20 people in Ukraine's capital, officials reported.

The attack comes as the U.S. government backed sweeping legislation that would allow tariffs of up to 100% to be imposed on countries that purchase Russian oil and gas.

Explosions rocked Kyiv's city center beginning around 12:30 a.m. local time, the Kyiv Independent's Deputy Chief Editor Toma Istomina reported.

Russia's attack resumed when ballistic missiles targeted Ukraine's capital at around 2:13 a.m. local time with "two big explosions in quick succession, then another after about a minute," War Editor Chris York said. Another eight explosions, "one after another," rocked the city at around 2:21 a.m., he added.

An air raid alert was declared across much of Ukraine, including briefly in far-western Lviv Oblast, where sirens sounded from 2:12 a.m. until 2:26 a.m. Drones were later seen around the capital as late as just after 7 a.m. local time.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitshchko said that 16 people were injured, including two children, with at least nine of the injured victims requiring hospitalization.

Earlier, a small fire broke out at a Kyiv education facility as a result of a Russian strike, with the blaze extinguished by first responders, the State Emergency Service (DSNS) wrote.

"The facade and windows of a four-story building of a higher education institution in the Holosiivskyi district were damaged," the DSNS reported.

Another fire broke out at a private property in Kyiv Oblast's Brovary district, located just east of Ukraine's capital. A utility building, agricultural equipment, semi-trailers, and a car were also damaged, the Kyiv Oblast Military Administration reported.

Homes and commercial infrastructure were also damaged in the oblast's Fastivskyi district, the Military Administration wrote.

The full extent of the damage caused was not immediately clear.

Russian forces attacked Kyiv on the morning of Sept. 15, killing one person and injuring at least 12 others, local authorities said.

A gas station in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district was hit, according to Klitschko. One person was hospitalized in critical condition and later died in hospital.