Russian forces struck Kyiv starting on the evening of October 26, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said. One person died in the shelling, and 10 others were injured, most of them students at a university dormitory. Nine of the injured were hospitalized.
Klitschko said the attack hit the Southern Bridge and the subway system. A medical facility was damaged in the Dniprovskyi district, and a shell struck near a university dormitory in the Desnianskyi district. In the Podilskyi district, the strike hit an administrative building.
The Kyiv City Military Administration said the attack forced the closure of traffic on the Southern Bridge. The shelling also damaged an aboveground subway structure, disrupting service on the red and green lines.
Update. Russia’s Defense Ministry said the strike on Kyiv also hit several drone production and storage facilities, including an assembly shop for FP-1 and FP-2 drones belonging to the Fire Point company.
Since the start of October, Russian forces have intensified strikes on bridges over the Dnipro in Kyiv. The Southern Bridge has been attacked at least twice, and the Northern Bridge has also been hit several times.
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