Kyiv strikes (2022–present)

Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine with around 2,950,000 residents, has been frequently targeted by the Russian Armed Forces during the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Diagram of air raid sirens in Kyiv in 2023

Overview

An attempt to capture the city was made in February–April 2022, but the Russian forces were repelled. Since then attacks have been carried remotely through airstrikes. Since October 2022 Kyiv has been occasionally attacked by Iranian-made drones on Russian service.^[1] From the start of the invasion on 24 February 2022 until 28 May 2023, the air raid siren has been on in Kyiv for a total 887 hours^[2] (or around 36 days). Kyiv has 1,078 bomb shelters, but in June 2023 a government commission found that only half of them are usable.^[3]

Kyiv endured 1,300 drone and over 250 missiles attacks in 200 airstrikes by Russian forces in 2024. There were 500 air raid alerts throughout said year, resulting in 550 damages to residential buildings, with daily power outage averaging nine hours.^[4]

Strikes continued into 2025, with the July 3/4 overnight airstrike launching a record number of drones and missiles targeting Kyiv metropolitan area (KMA), breaking the daily record of Russian long-range drones launched across Ukraine since beginning of the invasion.^[5] Further escalations occurred on July 8/9, with 728 drones and 11 missiles targeting KMA and ten out of Ukraine's 23 oblasts.^[6]

List of strikes

Date	Details	Casualties within the city
25 February 2022	Russian Missiles. One Ukrainian Su-27 was shot down and crashed into a residential building. Pilot Col. Oleksandr Oksanchenko died.[7][8]	Multiple injured.
1 March 2022	2 missiles hit Kyiv TV tower, partially knocking out access to news and broadcasts.[9]	5 dead, 5 injured.[9]
15 March 2022	Artillery shelling. A 35-hour curfew was announced by Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko.[10]	At least 4 dead.[10]
28 April 2022	Two long-range "air-based weapons" were launched during a visit by the UN Secretary General António Guterres. The attack killed RFE/RL journalist and producer Vira Hyrych.[11]	At least 1 dead.[11]
5 June 2022	Missiles hit the Darnytski and Dniprovski District of Kyiv.[12]	1 injured.[12]
26 June 2022	Long-range missiles fired from Russian bombers around Astrakhan damaged an apartment building and a kindergarten.[13]	1 died, 6 injured.[13]
10 October 2022	Missile strikes, at least one Kh-101 cruise missile was used. Caused power outage in Kyiv.[14]	8 dead.[15]
17 October 2022	28 Iranian-made drones were used, including HESA Shahed 136 (Geran-2). Most were reportedly shot down.[16]	At least 5 died.[16]
23 November 2022	Kh-101 missile was used.[17]	?
14 December 2022	13 Iranian-made drones were used. According to Ukrainian claims, all were shot down by air defense.[18]	None.[18]
16 December 2022	38 air-launched cruise missiles and 22 Kalibr sea-launched missiles were used.[19]	?
19 December 2022	23 Iranian-made Shahed drones launched from the eastern coast of the Sea of Azov were spotted over Kyiv, 18 of them were reportedly intercepted.[20]	None.[20]
29 December 2022	Missile strikes caused power outage, affecting 40% of Kyiv residents. Ukrainian officials claimed 16 missiles were destroyed over Kyiv.[21]	3 injured.[21]
2 January 2023	At least 60 drones targeted Kyiv, some evaded air defense.[22]	1 dead, 1 injured.[22]
14 January 2023	S-400 missiles were fired from Russia's Bryansk Oblast.[23]	?
28 April 2023	Kyiv came under attack after a pause of about two months.[24] Other locations were also attacked.	None.
3 May 2023	Shahed-type drones and missiles. According to Ukrainian claims, all missiles and drones were destroyed in Kyiv airspace by Ukrainian air defense forces.[25]	None.[25]
9 May 2023	25 Kalibr and Kh-101/Kh-555 cruise missiles were launched from the Caspian Sea region, 23 of them were reportedly downed.[26]	None.[26]
16 May 2023	18 different missiles were launched – 9 Kalibr cruise missiles from ships in the Black Sea, 6 Kinzhal hypersonic ballistic missiles, 3 Iskander short-range ballistic missiles from land[27] and 3 drones. According to Ukrainian officials' claims, all were shot down. Ukrainian defense minister Oleksii Reznikov particularly praised the shootdowns of all Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.[28] According to Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat, 6 Kinzhal missiles were used from an estimated Russian reserve of about 50, which was regarded as "a relatively big number"[28] (that is 12%). One of the three MIM-104 Patriot air defense systems provided by the United States to Ukraine was damaged during the attack according to U.S. officials.	3 injured.[28]
25 May 2023	Unspecified number of cruise missiles were launched by Tu-95MS bombers at night from the Caspian Sea region. All were reportedly intercepted in Kyiv's airspace.[29]	?
28 May 2023	In a wave of 59 Shahed drones, 36 were shot down within Kyiv and the region.[2]	?
29 May 2023	Iskander ballistic missiles, possibly also S-300 and S-400 missiles were used. According to Ukrainian officials' claims, all missiles were shot down by air defense.[30]	1 injured.[30]
30 May 2023	31 Iranian-made loitering drones attacked from the north and south. Ukrainian officials claimed that the air defense destroyed 29 of them.[31]	1 dead, 5 injured.[31]
1 June 2023	7 Iskander-M ballistic missiles and 3 Iskander-K missiles were used. All were reportedly shot down.[32]	3 dead due to falling missile debris, 11 injured.[32]
2 June 2023	15 cruise missiles and 21 Shahed drones were reportedly destroyed over Kyiv.[33]	2 injured by falling debris.[33]
13 June 2023	In a preliminary report Kh-101/Kh-555 missiles were fired at night by bombers Tu-95MS from the Caspian Sea, all missiles were reportedly destroyed by air defense.[34]	?
16 June 2023	6 Kalibr cruise missiles, 6 Kinzhal ballistic missiles and two drones were used, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, shortly before the arrival of an African delegation led by South African President Cyril Ramaphosa to Kyiv.[35] No buildings were damaged.[35]	?
20 June 2023	30 Shahed drones were launched, 28 of them were reportedly shot down. The drones were launched from Russian territory to the north and from the coast of the Sea of Azov in the south-east.[36]	None.[36]
1 July 2023	Several Shahed drones were launched, all were reportedly shot down.[37]	One injured, three homes damaged.[37]
21 September 2023	A total of 43 Kalibr cruise missiles, of type Kh-55 and its variants Kh-101 and Kh-555, were air-launched by 10 Russian Tu-95MS bombers, at infrastructure across Ukraine, with an unknown number directed to Kyiv. A total of 36 were shot down by air defense.[38][39]	3 hospitalized, 21 homes damaged.[40]
25 November 2023	Nearly 75 Shahed drones were launched from Primorsko-Akhtarsk and Kursk Oblast, Russia. A total of 71 of them were intercepted, mainly in the Kyiv region.[41]	At least two injured in Solomianskyi District.[41] Some buildings damaged.[41]
29 December 2023	Lukianivska station and several apartment blocks were damaged by Russian drone and missile attack.[42][43][44]	At least 33 killed and 35 injured[45][46]
21 March 2024	Two ballistic missiles and 29 cruise missiles, possibly of North Korean origin, were shot down over the Kyiv region.[47]	A total of 17 injured by falling debris.[48]
8 July 2024	30 missiles struck Kyiv and other cities, damaging residential buildings, infrastructure, and the Okhmatdyt children's hospital.	At least 22 killed and 82 injured.[49]
26 October 2024	Missiles fired against Kyiv and Dnipro.[50]	2 dead.[50]
3 November 2024	Drone attack against Kyiv, damaging buildings, roads, and power lines.[51]	none
13 November 2024	Four missiles were launched, including two 9K720 Iskander ballistic missiles which were shot down by air defense.[52]	1 injured by falling debris.[52]
26 November 2024	At least 10 Russian drones were shot down by air defense.[53]	None. Some buildings damaged.[53]
20 December 2024	Eight missiles were used, including Kh-47M2 Kinzhal hypersonic missiles and 9K720 Iskander and Hwasong-11A ballistic missiles.[54]	1 dead, 7 injured.[54]
1 January 2025	72 drones were launched, including Shahed drones, of which 47 were shot down by air defense and another 24 were intercepted.[55]	2 dead, 6 injured.[55]
3 January 2025	93 drones were launched, of which 60 were shot down by air defense and another 26 were intercepted.[56]	1 dead, 4 injured.[56]
18 January 2025	39 Shahed drones and four ballistic missiles were launched. Two missiles and 24 drones were shot down by air defense, and 14 other simulator drones were intercepted.[57]	3 dead, 3 injured. Some buildings damaged.[57]
12 February 2025	Seven ballistic missiles and 71 drones were launched, of which six missiles were shot down by air defense.[58]	1 dead, 4 injured. Damage reported in some districts.[57]
11 March 2025	Russian drone attack.[59]	none
23 March 2025	Russian drone attack hits apartment buildings and causes fires.	3 dead, 10 injured[60]
6 April 2025	Russian missile attack	1 dead, 3 injured[61]
24 April 2025	Russia fires drones, ballistic and guided missiles against Kyiv starting at 1:00 am.[62] The attack lasts for 11 hours. One residential building collapses.	12 dead, 90 injured[63]
7 May 2025	Russian ballistic missile and drone attack, starting at around 11 a.m.	2 dead, 8 injured[64][65]
25 May 2025	Russia launches nine Iskander ballistic missiles, 56 cruise missiles, four guided air missiles and 298 attack drones against Ukraine, including against Kyiv.[66]	Dozens injured.
6 June 2025	Russia launches missiles, attack drones against Kyiv.	4 dead, dozen injured, damage to several apartment buildings.[67]
10 June 2025	Russia fires 315 drones against Kyiv. Air raid lasts for five hours, until 5:30 am. Seven out of 10 Kyiv districts are hit. Saint Sophia Cathedral, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, is damaged in the assault.	1 dead, four injured.[68]
17 June 2025	Russia fires over 400 munitions of drones and missiles against Kyiv during the night. A strike on a multi-story residential building leads to its collapse, killing 16 residents inside.	28 dead (including a US citizen in the Solomianskyi District), 134 injured.[69]
23 June 2025	Russia fires hundreds of drones and missiles against Kyiv during the night.	10 dead (including an 11-year old girl), 34 injured.[70][71]
4 July 2025	Russia fires 539 drones and 11 missiles against almost all of Kyiv's districts during the night. Air raid alarm lasts for 8 hours.	1 dead, 26 injured.[72]
9 July 2025	Russia fires around 400 drones and 18 missiles against Kyiv during the night. Targets include houses and residential buildings, cars, warehouse facilities, offices and a health care clinic.	2 dead, a dozen injured.[73]
21 July 2025	Russia fires hundreds of drones and missiles against Kyiv.	1 dead, 9 injured.[74]
28 July 2025	Russian airstrikes against Kyiv. Damage to a residential building and several cars in the Darnytskyi District, but no fires.	8 injured.[75]
31 July 2025	Russian missile and drone strikes against Kyiv. Sviatoshynskyi and Solomyansky districts suffer the brunt of the attacks.	28 dead (including three children aged 3, 6 and 17), 159 injured.[76]

See also

• List of military engagements during the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine
• Russian strikes against Ukrainian infrastructure (2022–present)