{"id":1396739,"date":"2026-05-24T09:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T06:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/russia-launched-a-massive-missile-and-drone-attack-on-kyiv-causing-damage-across-the-capital-with-one-fatality-and-dozens-of-injuries\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T09:19:33","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T06:19:33","slug":"russia-launched-a-massive-missile-and-drone-attack-on-kyiv-causing-damage-across-the-capital-with-one-fatality-and-dozens-of-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/russia-launched-a-massive-missile-and-drone-attack-on-kyiv-causing-damage-across-the-capital-with-one-fatality-and-dozens-of-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv, causing damage across the capital, with one fatality and dozens of injuries."},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"122\" data-end=\"344\"><strong>On the night of May 24, Russian forces launched a massive combined arms attack on Ukraine, using missiles and kamikaze drones. Kyiv suffered the most destruction, with damage and fires reported throughout the capital.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"346\" data-end=\"557\"> The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Timur Tkachenko<\/span><\/span> , Kyiv Mayor <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Vitali Klitschko<\/span><\/span> and <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">the State Emergency Service of Ukraine<\/span><\/span> reported on the consequences of the strike.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"559\" data-end=\"725\"> In <strong>the Darnytskyi<\/strong> district, debris from rockets and drones damaged a dormitory, a service station, non-residential buildings, and cars. Rescuers evacuated residents and extinguished the fires.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"727\" data-end=\"882\"> A drone struck a private home in <strong>the Obolonskyi<\/strong> district. Fires broke out in a 16-story building, in open spaces, and in a construction hypermarket.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"1079\"> In <strong>the Shevchenkivskyi<\/strong> district, rocket debris damaged residential buildings, an office building, a market, two schools, and a gas pipeline. The building housing the museum of the Main Directorate of the State Emergency Service of the Kyiv region was also damaged.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1081\" data-end=\"1238\"> In <strong>the Dniprovskyi<\/strong> district, debris fell on the roof of a residential building, and a drone strike caused a fire in a private home. A warehouse and a garage cooperative were also damaged.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1240\" data-end=\"1400\"> In <strong>the Svyatoshinsky<\/strong> district, rocket debris fell on a private home, in Goloseevsky \u2013 on the roof of a multi-story building, and in Podolsky \u2013 on a non-residential area.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1402\" data-end=\"1675\"> In <strong>the Desnyansky<\/strong> district, drone debris damaged a supermarket and a shopping center. In Solomenskoye, a drone struck the upper floors of a 24-story building, causing a fire and structural damage. In the Pechersky district, a drone strike set a 20-story residential building on fire. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1402\" data-end=\"1675\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1396730\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-05-24-o-09.18.20.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"777\" height=\"505\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-05-24-o-09.18.20.png 1084w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-05-24-o-09.18.20-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-05-24-o-09.18.20-1024x665.png 1024w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-05-24-o-09.18.20-768x499.png 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-05-24-o-09.18.20-650x422.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 777px) 100vw, 777px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1677\" data-end=\"1840\"> <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Ukrposhta<\/span><\/span> CEO <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Igor Smilyansky<\/span><\/span> reported damage to the company&#8217;s head office on Maidan Nezalezhnosti.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1842\" data-end=\"2006\"> In addition, according to the chairman of the Association of Chernobyl Operators, <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Yaroslav Yemelyanenko<\/span><\/span> , the National Chernobyl Museum was destroyed as a result of the attack.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2008\" data-end=\"2245\"> According to the latest reports, 21 people were injured in the capital, including a 15-year-old boy. Thirteen people were hospitalized, three of whom are in serious condition. Preliminary reports also indicate one death in the Shevchenkivskyi district.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2247\" data-end=\"2558\"> The Russian attack also affected the Kyiv region. <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Mykola Kalashnik,<\/span><\/span> head of the Kyiv Regional Military Administration, reported damage to residential buildings, businesses, warehouses, and utility buildings in the Fastiv, Bucha, Obukhiv, Brovarsky, Vyshgorod, Boryspil, and Belotserkovsky districts. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2247\" data-end=\"2558\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1396733\" src=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-05-24-o-09.18.42.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"703\" height=\"503\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-05-24-o-09.18.42.png 962w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-05-24-o-09.18.42-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-05-24-o-09.18.42-768x549.png 768w, https:\/\/prm.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Znimok-ekrana-2026-05-24-o-09.18.42-650x465.png 650w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2560\" data-end=\"2748\"> The Cherkasy region also suffered strikes. In the regional capital, a drone struck a high-rise building, causing a fire on several floors. According to the Special Air Investigation Department, 11 people were injured, including two children.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2750\" data-end=\"3074\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"> The day before, Ukrainian President <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/span><\/span> stated that Ukrainian intelligence had received information from American and European partners about Russia preparing a large-scale combined strike, possibly involving the use of the Oreshnik missile. 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The head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Timur Tkachenko , Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko and the State Emergency Service of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":1396727,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76874,76875,76928,76871,76872],"class_list":["post-1396739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-war","category-other-news","category-kyiv-2","category-news-2","category-news-feed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396739","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\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1396739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1396727"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1396739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1396739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}