Russia attacked Kyiv with missiles in the night of October 19, damaging a metro station on the left bank of the capital, where debris ruptured the running and contact rails beside the station, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said, Ukrainska Pravda reported. Debris also hit the first floor of a 25 storey residential building and a non-residential building at another address in the Solomianskyi district, and a hit was recorded on non-residential grounds in the Dniprovskyi district. The Air Force had first announced a threat of ballistic weapons from the east and then warned of missiles moving toward the capital.
Russian missiles damage Kyiv metro station overnight
Russia attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles in the night of October 19, damaging a metro station on the left bank and rupturing its running and contact rails, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said.
Why it matters: It is the second consecutive night of ballistic strikes on the capital, after the Sunday evening attack killed a 21 year old woman and injured three, and this time the damage hit transport infrastructure.
Data as of Sunday, October 18, 2026, 20:47 ET. Developing item. Via Ukrainska Pravda, in Ukrainian, read in full: the metro damage and the district hits are Mayor Klitschko's and the Kyiv city military administration's accounts, and the ballistic warning is the Ukrainian Air Force's account. Ukraine is a party to the war, hence grade C. No casualty figures for the overnight attack were reported in the report opened.
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- Russia attacks Kyiv with ballistics: a metro station damaged (in Ukrainian) · Ukrainska Pravda · 2026-10-19