💥 Attack

Russian forces conducted the largest series of drone and missile strikes against Kyiv City in 2025, launching 215 drones and missiles including 11 Iskander-M ballistic missiles, 37 Kh-101 cruise missiles, 12 Kalibr cruise missiles, and 145 Shahed and decoy drones.

April 24, 2025 Kyiv, Ukraine

Likely Reported by 3 independent sources

Institute for the Study of War Kyiv Independent Censor.NET

Two or more independent sources agree on the core facts. Additional sources would further strengthen this assessment.

Entities

Ukrainian Air Force (military_unit) Iskander-M (weapon_system) Kh-101 (weapon_system) Kalibr (weapon_system) Shahed-136 drone (weapon_system) Russia (organization) Kyiv (location) KN-23 ballistic missile (weapon_system) Ukraine (organization) Solomianskyi District (location) North Korea (organization) Danylo Khudia (person) Viktoriia Khudia (person) Oleh Khudia (person) Maria Rumiantseva (person) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Russian occupiers (organization) North Korean-made ballistic missile (weapon_system) Russian forces (organization) Sviatoshynskyi District (location) Andrii Lahutin (person) Aviatown district (location) Klymenko (person) Russian Federation (organization) Iskander-M/KN-23 (weapon_system) North Korean ballistic missile (weapon_system) Nikita Kozlov (person) Sofiia Kozlov (person) Yaroslav Kozlov (person) North Korean KN-23 ballistic missile (weapon_system)

Source Reports

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Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: certain

Russian forces launched 215 drones and missiles in overnight strike on Kyiv

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: likely

Mass Russian missile attack on Kyiv killed 8 people and injured 77 including at least 6 children

Censor.NET → Source tone: certain

The enemy used cruise and ballistic missiles and attack drones. Sviatoshynskyi district suffered the most, where an apartment building was partially destroyed.

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Extracted: 2026-05-30T04:15:38.757Z

Source story: russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-24-2025