At least 11 people have been killed in Kyiv after a second night of Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital in a week, the city’s top military administrator said. Timur Tkachenko reported 46 injured, including five children, as rescue efforts continued at more than 20 locations across the city. Three more people were killed in the wider Kyiv region, emergency officials added.
The strikes hit residential high-rise buildings in two districts, with Mayor Vitali Klitschko saying fires had broken out in some apartment complexes. Warehouses and a garage workshop were also damaged. Helicopters shuttled water from the river to douse flames as rescuers searched rubble for survivors.
“At least 11 killed in Kyiv as second Russian missile strikes hit residential areas, prompting Zelensky to plead for Patriot missiles ahead of Nato summit.”
Hours before the attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that intelligence indicated Moscow was preparing a second “massive strike” after last Thursday’s barrage killed 30 people. “Any delay with missiles for our air defense… means the loss of lives, and it encourages Russia to continue the war,” he wrote on X.
The strikes came on the eve of the Nato summit in Turkey, where Zelensky is expected to hold talks with President Trump. He renewed calls for Patriot missiles, writing: “It is critically important that the world — first and foremost the United States and our European partners — come out of the Nato summit in Turkey with strong decisions in support of our air defense.” In a separate post, he added: “The United States and Europe have enough strength to stop this terror.”
Klitschko declared Tuesday a day of mourning. Russia’s attack followed a call between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump two days earlier. Ukraine has accused Moscow of deliberately targeting civilian areas; Russia says it strikes military and energy infrastructure in retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on its territory.