A Russian cruise missile struck the upper floors of a 20-story residential apartment building in a civilian neighborhood of Kyiv at approximately 7 AM. The eyewitness identified the weapon as a level-flying cruise missile and estimated the explosive yield between 100-1000 kg.
Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.
How we assess confidence →Entities
Source Reports
A Russian cruise missile struck the upper floors of a 20-story residential apartment building in a civilian neighborhood of Kyiv at approximately 7 AM. The eyewitness identified the weapon as a level-flying cruise missile and estimated the explosive yield between 100-1000 kg.
Explosions were also reported in the city of Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast.
Rescue workers are heading to the Holosiivskyi district in Kyiv where an apartment building caught fire due to a Russian missile attack.
A residential building in Kyiv caught fire after the Russian forces attacked Ukraine with missiles and drones on Feb. 7, 2024. At least four civilians were killed, and more than 40 were wounded in Kyiv as a result of the attack.
One missile flew into a residential region of the capital's southern Holosiivsky district and hit an apartment building in an upper story and detonated, a Kyiv Post reporter saw.
The air raid in the capital lasted almost 3 hours with missiles hitting in several waves from different directions.
Air defense forces and means hit about two dozen enemy missiles over Kyiv and in the area of the capital.
A fire broke out in a multi-story residential building and a service station in the Holosiivskyi district, with cars catching fire and power lines damaged.
Two people were injured in Dniprovsky district as a result of the rocket attack and power grids were damaged.
Share This Event
Know another source?
If you've seen this event covered by another news outlet, submit it for editorial review. Approved sources improve our confidence ratings.
This event is already verified. Additional sources further strengthen the record.
Extraction metadata
Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:31.475Z
Source story: day-714-2024-02-07