April 2025 Russian attack on Kyiv
| April 2025 Russian attack on Kyiv | |
|---|---|
| Part of the attacks on civilians in the Russian invasion of Ukraine | |
Destroyed apartment building after the attack | |
| Location | Kyiv |
| Date | 24 April 2025 |
Attack type | Missile strike |
| Weapon | KN-23 ballistic missile |
| Deaths | 13 |
| Injured | 90+ |
| Perpetrators | Russia North Korea |
On the night of April 24, 2025, Russia launched an attack on Kyiv using cruise and ballistic missiles (Kh-101, Iskander-M/Iskander-K, KN-23, Kalibr, and Kh-59/Kh-69), as well as attack drones. As a result of the Russian strike, the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Zaporizhzhia, as well as the Kyiv, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Zhytomyr, Khmelnytskyi, Poltava, and Sumy regions were affected. The attack resulted in the deaths of 13 Ukrainians, and injuries to over 90 others, making it one of the deadliest attacks on Kyiv in the Russian invasion of Ukraine since 2022.