Russian overnight missile attack on Kyiv injures 1, damages railway depot, data centers, educational institution

Multiple missiles and drones struck Kyiv overnight on Sept. 29 amid a multi-day attack by Russian forces on the capital, wounding one person, the State Emergency Service said.

The victim was injured in a six-story apartment building that was hit in the Holosiivskyi district, where 10 others were also evacuated, according to the State Emergency Service.

The latest strikes came as Russia intensifies its attacks on Kyiv since August, relentlessly launching drone attacks, even in daytime, to exhaust the Ukrainian air defense.

Russian attacks on the capital damaged a railway station depot, data centers, and business centers, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram.

Zelensky added that 10 regions also came under Russian attack, with energy facilities also sustaining damage.

According to Zelensky, Ukrainian air defenses also shot down ballistic missiles overnight on Sept. 29, although he did not specify how many were intercepted or which missiles were used to attack Ukraine.

"Grateful to our American and Norwegian partners for the NASAMS system and the package of missiles for it. Grateful to France and Germany for the support package for our air defense in recent days, namely the missiles," Zelensky said.

"Against the backdrop of Russia's daily escalation, it is important that the protection of lives receive continued support and that such packages continue to arrive. Thank you to everyone who helps."

In Kyiv's Solomianskyi district of the city, an educational institution was hit by a Russian missile and started a fire, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

Debris from a missile fell into the courtyard of a residential building elsewhere in the neighborhood, though no fire was reported. Separately, debris fell on the grounds of a private residential property in the Solomianskyi district.

In the Pecherskyi district, a fire broke out in a three-story non-residential building.

Various trolleybus routes were also delayed along Stepan Bandera Avenue due to damage to the contact network, and on Zhylianska Street as a result of road closures.

Kyiv Independent reporters on the ground in the capital reported hearing blasts around the city, and seeing Patriot PAC-3 interceptors at work.

On Sept. 28, Russian drones struck central Kyiv in the middle of the day, killing two and injuring 26 others. Russian drones struck non-residential buildings in Kyiv's Obolonskyi, Solomiansky, Darnytskyi, Podil, and Shevchenkivskyi districts, Klitschko said.

In the city center, the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences building was set ablaze, while Education and Sciences Minister Andrii Butenko reported that one of the ministry's buildings was also damaged.