The strike hit three districts of the city, according to officials. In the Solomianskyi district, home to Kyiv's Central Railway Station, a drone struck a nine-story non-residential building at the level of the fourth floor. Another drone fell on a store building. Two gas stations were also reported damaged.
Ukrainian Railways (Ukrzaliznytsia) said the Central Railway Station building was not damaged. The statement followed photographs showing heavy smoke near the station. The company urged people to remain in shelters until the air raid alert ended.
Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, head of the Ukrainian Railways board, had earlier called on the public to be "maximally cautious near railway facilities" amid Russian attacks on Kyiv and its railway infrastructure. According to him, during the yellow alert level, passengers board and disembark at the Central Station and at Darnytsia only from underground premises. A delay to a service on safety grounds is not considered a problem, and the company will refund the full ticket price.
Russian forces regularly attack Ukrainian regions using strike drones, missiles, glide bombs and multiple rocket launchers. Ukrainian authorities and international organizations classify these strikes as war crimes and say they are deliberate. Russia's leadership denies that its army carries out deliberate strikes on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure.
Accounts of the casualties differ: TV Rain reported two dead and 22 injured, while the latest figures from Klitschko cited by Ekho put the number of injured at 25. Klitschko had earlier reported one dead and seven wounded, with the figures later updated.