Kiev says at least 4 killed, 19 injured following Russian mass attack

At least four people were killed and 19 others injured in Kiev after Russia launched a mass missile and drone attack across Ukraine overnight, authorities said on Friday.

Kiev Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a doctor was among the dead, while four medical workers were injured.

Critical infrastructure had been hit in the attack and some parts of the city were without power or water, he wrote on Telegram.

In the west of the country, the Western Command of Ukraine’s Air Force said a Russian strike on Lviv was conducted using an unidentified ballistic missile.

The Ukrainian military reported that the missile was launched from the Kapustin Yar test area in Russia’s Astrakhan, a known launch site for the Oreshnik ballistic missile.

Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said whether it was an Oreshnik missile was currently unknown.

“The military will provide information,” Sadovyi wrote on Telegram.

He said explosions had been recorded in Lviv, but there was currently no information about casualties. Civilian facilities and residential buildings in the city were not damaged, he added.

Russia fired an Oreshnik missile at Ukraine’s industrial city of Dnipro in November 2024.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has claimed that Western air-defence systems are incapable of intercepting the Oreshnik, which means hazel tree in Russian. He has also said it could hit targets as far away as Western Europe.

Western military analysts say that Oreshnik is capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.