Missile event in Kyiv, Pecherskyi District area, Ukraine on Thu 22nd October 2026

Russia attacks Kyiv with ballistic missiles, damaging medical facility and Pivdennyi Bridge.

The Russians attacked the city of Kyiv with ballistic missiles on the night of 21-22 October, damaging an ambulance station in the Pecherskyi district and metro infrastructure on Pivdennyi Bridge, leading to some traffic restrictions.

Source: Kyiv City Military Administration; Kyiv City State Administration

Quote from Kyiv City Military Administration: "A medical facility building has been damaged in the Pecherskyi district."

Update: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko later added that an ambulance station building and six ambulances had been damaged in the Pecherskyi district. No medical staff were injured.

Kyiv City Military Administration in the morning warned of traffic restrictions on the Pivdennyi Bridge for vehicles travelling from the right bank of the Dnipro to the left bank. Klitschko stated that part of the metro infrastructure on the bridge had been damaged in the attack.

According to Kyiv City State Administration, trains on the metro's Green Line are temporarily running between Syrets and Vydubychi stations, and between Osokorky and Chervonyi Khutir stations. Intervals between trains may be longer than usual.

Kyiv City Military Administration also reported that a restaurant building had caught fire in the Sviatoshynskyi district as a result of the attack.

Details: Air-raid warnings were issued several times in the capital from the evening of 21 October due to drone and missile threats.

According to the Monitor Telegram channel, the Russians launched at least 25 Iskander, Oniks and Zircon missiles towards Kyiv and its outskirts over the course of the evening and night.