💥 Attack

A Russian X-101 cruise missile struck a 9-story apartment building in the Darnitsa region of Kyiv, collapsing part of the structure and causing significant casualties.

Kyiv, Kyiv Oblast
Verified Independently confirmed by 5 sources
Stefan Korshak (Substack) Ukrainska Pravda Ukrinform Kyiv Independent Kyiv Post

Multiple high-reliability sources confirm the core facts of this event.

How we assess confidence →

Entities

Source Reports

One cruise missile destroyed part of an apartment building in Kyiv, killing 27 and injuring 31.

One person has been killed and 16 injured in a Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv.

A Russian drone attack caused a fire in a private house in the Vyshhorod district of the Kyiv region, specifically in Khotianivka.

Fifty-six missiles of various types, including Iskander ballistic and Kinzhal aeroballistic missiles, were launched in the overnight attack, as well as 675 one-way attack drones.

Twenty-nine X-101 cruise missiles, 12 Iskander or S-400 missiles, and 652 of the drones were shot down or jammed before reaching the target.

A Russian missile and drone attack damaged a residential building in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district, causing part of it to collapse.

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.

Submissions are reviewed by an editor before integration.
Extraction metadata

Extracted: 2026-07-18T16:57:30.919Z

Source story: day-1541a-2026-05-16