Russian Missile and Drone Attack on Kyiv Kills One and Injures 15 in Nighttime Strike

One person was killed and 15 others were injured in a nighttime Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine reported. According to the Associated Press, the attack began late Monday night and continued throughout the night, hitting a university campus in the Desnyansky district, damaging student dormitories, residential and non-residential buildings, and cars. A three-story non-residential building was partially destroyed in the Dnipro district. According to administrative building and other non-residential facilities were damaged in the Podilskyi district, Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said. The night attack also hit the Southern Bridge, which connects the left and right banks of Kyiv.

Traffic was suspended Tuesday morning while experts assessed the damage, Klitschko said. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video of the strike on social media, noting that it was important for the world to see Russia's actions. It is important for the world to see that Russia is only demonstrating a desire to kill and continue the war. Ukraine cannot be left alone with this, Zelensky wrote.