Ukraine military says Russian strike on Kyiv kills civilian

A Russian air attack on Kyiv on Monday killed one civilian, Ukraine's military said, in what appeared to be the first reported death in Russian strikes on the capital this year.

Gleb Garanich in Kyiv and Lidia Kelly in Melbourne/Reuters

5 January 2026 at 03:41:38

Ukraine military says Russian strike on Kyiv kills civilian

A woman walks on snow, past an apartment building that was hit by a Russian missile in June this year, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine December 31, 2025.

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KYIV - A Russian air attack on Kyiv on Monday killed one civilian, Ukraine's military said, in what appeared to be the first reported death in Russian strikes on the capital this year.

"One person has been killed so far as a result of the attack. The attack is continuing,” Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on the Telegram messaging app.

He said people were being evacuated from a building damaged in the attack in the Obolonskyi district, north of Kyiv's center.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko said air defense forces were operating in the capital and urged residents to remain in shelters.

Russia has repeatedly attacked Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with missiles and drones during the nearly four-year-old war, saying it strikes military targets, while Ukraine says civilians and civilian infrastructure are often hit.

-Gleb Garanich in Kyiv and Lidia Kelly in Melbourne; Editing by Tom Hogue and Stephen Coates/Reuters