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Russia Launches Missile and Drone Barrage on Kyiv, Killing Two and Injuring Children

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Russia Launches Missile and Drone Barrage on Kyiv, Killing Two and Injuring Children
Aftermath of a Russian combined airstrike on Kyiv on May 7, 2025. (Source: SES)

Russian forces launched a wave of ballistic and drone attacks on Kyiv and its suburbs, killing at least two people and injuring eight others, including four children.

A total of 28 drones were launched toward Kyiv, 11 of which were shot down over the capital and its outskirts. Ten others exited the city’s airspace, while three drones were lost from radar, according to Kyiv Mayor, Vitali Klitschko on May 7.

Ukrainian Air Defense successfully intercepted the ballistic missile, which fell in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district. The missile damaged non-residential infrastructure and sparked a fire that was extinguished by 3:00 am. One person was injured in that incident.

Sources in the Security Service of Ukraine provided UNITED24 Media with footage capturing the moment a Russian strike deliberately targeted a residential building in Kyiv.

Multiple districts in Kyiv sustained damage:

  • Solomianskyi District: The intercepted missile fell in an industrial zone. One person was injured.

  • Dniprovskyi District: A drone struck a high-rise apartment building, damaging the 29th and 30th floors. No fire or casualties were reported.

  • Sviatoshynskyi District: Debris from a drone hit a nine-story residential building, igniting a fire across several floors. Five people were rescued, including four children. Three children suffered burns and were hospitalized. Among them were siblings aged 13 and 8.

  • Shevchenkivskyi District: A drone strike caused fires on the third and fifth floors of a five-story apartment building. Firefighters discovered the bodies of two residents while extinguishing the blaze.

  • Holosiivskyi District: A business center sustained damage. No casualties were reported.

Aftermath of a Russian combined airstrike on Kyiv on May 7, 2025. (Source: SES)
Aftermath of a Russian combined airstrike on Kyiv on May 7, 2025. (Source: SES)

In total, Kyiv’s military administration confirmed two fatalities and eight injuries, including four children. Police later reported an eighth injured person—a woman who suffered an acute stress reaction and was treated at the scene.

In the village of Sofiivska Borshchahivka near Kyiv, a drone strike caused a fire and structural damage to a second-floor apartment in a 10-story building. No injuries were reported there.

Earlier, a Russian missile strike targeted Velyka Chernechchyna, a suburb of Sumy in northeastern Ukraine.

“Preliminarily, the enemy struck civilian infrastructure with a ballistic missile,” stated the Sumy Regional Military Administration.

“Three people have died as a result of the strike. A young woman was killed at the scene, while a man and a child later died in the hospital. Eleven others were injured, including five children,” according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.

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