{"id":1340309,"date":"2026-01-04T15:16:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/morning-explosion-in-kyiv-suv-explosion-recognized-as-terrorist-attack-soldier-injured\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T15:16:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:16:09","slug":"morning-explosion-in-kyiv-suv-explosion-recognized-as-terrorist-attack-soldier-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/morning-explosion-in-kyiv-suv-explosion-recognized-as-terrorist-attack-soldier-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning explosion in Kyiv: SUV explosion recognized as terrorist attack, soldier injured"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Today, January 4, 2026, in the courtyard of a house on Heroiv Dnipra Street in Kyiv, a car exploded while the trunk was being opened. As a result of the incident, a serviceman received shrapnel wounds, while a woman nearby was not injured.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This was reported <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/kyiv_pro_office\/8386?single\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">by the press service<\/a> of the Kyiv City Prosecutor&#8217;s Office.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Investigators are investigating the circumstances of the explosion and the persons involved, and the necessary investigative actions are ongoing,&#8221; the prosecutor&#8217;s office reported.<\/p>\n<p> A serviceman was injured in the explosion, suffering shrapnel wounds. A woman nearby was not injured, law enforcement officials said.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;Currently, we are taking all measures to establish the source of the explosion and its motives,&#8221; the SBU noted.<\/p>\n<p> A pre-trial investigation has been opened into the explosion under Part 1 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, which provides for liability for a terrorist act. The category of terrorist acts includes actions that pose a danger to the life or health of people.<\/p>\n<p> The investigation is ongoing, with expert examinations and witness interviews ongoing to establish all the circumstances of the incident. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1340299 \" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_5391105850195251146_y.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"851\" height=\"602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_5391105850195251146_y.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_5391105850195251146_y-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_5391105850195251146_y-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_5391105850195251146_y-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/photo_5391105850195251146_y-650x460.jpg 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 851px) 100vw, 851px\" \/><\/p>\n<p> It was previously reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-kyievi-vybukhnuv-pozashliakhovyk-postrazhdaly-liudy\/\">a car exploded in the Obolonsky district of Kyiv<\/a> . According to preliminary information, there are injured people.<\/p>\n<p> We will remind you that the Security Service of Ukraine and the National Police detained three men who <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/pidryv-natshvardiytsia-u-kyievi-pravookhorontsi-zatrymaly-trokh-vykonavtsiv-teraktu-u-stolytsi\/\">carried out a double terrorist attack in the Darnytsia district of Kyiv on December 11.<\/a> The detention took place \u201chot on the trail\u201d within 6 hours of the explosions.<\/p>\n<p> The day before, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/vybukhy-u-darnytskomu-rayoni-kvalifikuvaly-iak-terakt-zahynuv-natshvardiiets\/\">two explosions in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv were classified as a terrorist act<\/a> . Law enforcement officers opened proceedings under Part 3 of Article 258 of the Criminal Code &#8211; a terrorist <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/u-darnytskomu-rayoni-kyieva-stavsia-vybukh-odna-liudyna-zahynula-shche-odna-travmovana\/\">act that resulted in the death of a person<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Twitter<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Instagram<\/a> .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, January 4, 2026, in the courtyard of a house on Heroiv Dnipra Street in Kyiv, a car exploded while the trunk was being opened. As a result of the incident, a serviceman received shrapnel wounds, while a woman nearby was not injured. This was reported by the press service of the Kyiv City Prosecutor&#8217;s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1340302,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76873,76875,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1340309","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events","category-other-news","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340309","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1340309"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1340309\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1340302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1340309"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1340309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}