Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv in evening and overnight waves

Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv on Wednesday evening and again overnight, injuring six people in the evening wave and damaging a medical facility and setting a restaurant building on fire in the overnight wave, Kyiv authorities said.

Why it matters: The capital took two ballistic waves in a single night, with hits across four districts and a medical facility damaged, on the same day Moscow signalled readiness to resume peace talks with Kyiv and Washington.

Data as of TSN report of October 22, 2026, in Ukrainian, read in full in translation, reporting Mayor Vitali Klitschko's count of six injured, four of them hospitalised, and the hit on a transport infrastructure site in the Darnytskyi district in the evening wave; Ukrainska Pravda report of October 22, 2026, in Ukrainian, read in full in translation, reporting the Kyiv City Military Administration on the medical facility damaged in the Pecherskyi district and the restaurant fire in the Sviatoshynskyi district in the overnight wave. Explosions in Kyiv the same night were also reported by Russian state outlets RIA and TASS, in headlines only. Casualty and damage details rest on Kyiv city authorities as reported by Ukrainian outlets, hence grade B. Developing item.

Russian forces struck Kyiv with ballistic missiles on Wednesday evening and again overnight. In the evening wave, a missile hit a transport infrastructure site in the Darnytskyi district and six people were injured, four of whom were hospitalised, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, with hits also recorded in the Dniprovskyi district. In the overnight wave, missiles damaged the building of a medical facility in the Pecherskyi district and set a restaurant building on fire in the Sviatoshynskyi district, the Kyiv City Military Administration said.

Ukrainska Pravda, citing the monitoring Telegram channel Monitor, reported that Russian forces launched at least 25 missiles of the Iskander, Oniks and Zircon types at Kyiv and its suburbs across the evening and night, a count no official source in the reporting read has confirmed. The strikes landed on the same day Moscow signalled readiness to resume peace talks with Ukraine and the United States, a track covered separately on this site.

Russian ballistic missiles hit Kyiv in evening and overnight waves

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