Russian Attack on Kyiv Kills 15: Ukrainian Authorities

The office of the Delegation of the European Union to Ukraine was also hit.

A man walks past a nine-story residential building destroyed following a recent Russian missile strike in Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on Aug. 5, 2025. Photo by ROMAN PILIPEY/AFP via Getty Images

A large-scale overnight Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv killed 15 people, including four children, the head of the city’s military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said on Aug. 28.

“Search and rescue operations are ongoing in the Darnytskyi district,” Tkachenko wrote on Telegram.