22.10.2026
Kyiv the Ukrainian capital came under heavy missile and drones attack by Russia a few hours after President Vladimir Putin spoke to US President Donald’s Trump’s peace envoy in Moscow.
Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, that Russia lobbed 21 ballistic missiles toward the capital in three waves, killing two persons and injuring 34.
“Unfortunately, there have been numerous hits and damages in the city: residential buildings, energy infrastructure, infrastructure at one of the railway stations and the metro, shopping centers, and businesses,” Zelenskyy wrote. “Even a monastery was among the damaged objects,” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram
Ukraine’s air force said Russia used a mixture of ballistic and cruise missiles in its overnight attacks, none of which were intercepted. Russia also launched 210 drones, the air force said, of which 181 were shot down or otherwise suppressed. The air force reported impacts in 32 locations.
Kyiv was the main focus of the latest Russian strikes. But elsewhere, at least two people were killed and 17 people were injured by a Russian airstrike on a market in the northeastern Kharkiv region, local officials said.
Zelenskyy said the Russian strikes were “demonstrative” and indicated “no real changes in its attitude towards everything that is happening.” The Ukrainian leader also appeared to take a swipe at Witkoff’s description — made during his meeting with Putin in St. Petersburg — of the Russian president as a “humanitarian.”
“When Russian ballistic missiles are the response to negotiations, real pressure must be applied to Russia to encourage different actions,” Zelenskyy wrote. “Strengthening air defense, the rapid supply of missiles, the ability to destroy ballistic missile launch systems and sanctions for the war — all of this is necessary.”