💥 Attack

Ukrainian air defenses shot down two ballistic missiles launched from Russian-occupied Crimea toward Kyiv, but debris destroyed a children's gymnastics studio in the Pechersk district.

March 25, 2024 Kyiv, Ukraine

Verified Independently confirmed by 3 sources

Kyiv Post Ukrainska Pravda Kyiv Independent

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Security Service of Ukraine (organization) Crimea (location) Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) (organization) Ukrainian Air Force (military_unit) Russia (organization) Tsirkon ballistic missile (weapon_system) SBU (organization) Kyiv (location) Pechersk district (location) Boychuka Street (location) Russian Armed Forces (organization) Sergiy Popko (person) Russian forces (organization) Kyiv Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design (location) Pechersky district (location) 3M22 Tsirkon (weapon_system) Tsirkon hypersonic missile (weapon_system) Bastion-P (weapon_system) Mykhailo Boichuk Kyiv State Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design (location) Russian Federation (organization) Pecherskyi district (location) Solomianskyi district (location) Dniprovskyi district (location) aeroballistic missiles (weapon_system) Russian military (organization) Kyiv City Military Administration (organization) Ukraine's State Emergency Service (organization) Holosiivskyi district (location) Darnytskyi district (location) 3M22 Zircon (weapon_system) 3M22 Zircon missile (weapon_system) Mykola Oleshchuk (person) Zircon (weapon_system) Mykola Oleschuk (person) 3M22 Zircon missiles (weapon_system) Zircon hypersonic cruise missile (weapon_system) Kyiv State Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts and Design named after Mykhailo Boychuk (location) Kyiv State Academy of Decorative and Applied Arts (location)

Source Reports

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Ukraine shot down two high-speed ballistic missiles launched at the capital on Monday morning, March 25. Debris from the missiles left a massive hole where a children's gymnastics studio had been.

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

Russia fired ballistic missiles at Kyiv on the morning of 25 March; the debris fell in the Pecherskyi, Solomianskyi, Holosiivskyi and Darnytskyi districts of Kyiv

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Russian troops had used Zircon missiles in a March 25 attack on Kyiv, injuring at least two people

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Extracted: 2026-02-26T14:33:04.899Z

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