official statements (Kyiv Police; Mayor Vitali Klitschko; Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi; Ukrainian Air Force), via Kyiv Independent
Russia hits Kyiv with ballistic missiles overnight, striking an apartment block and all three city heat and power plants; five dead
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Kyiv went into the cold season with its power plants under fire. Overnight, Russian ballistic missiles hit a nine-story apartment building in the Desnianskyi district and struck all three of the city's combined heat and power stations. Kyiv Police count five dead and 25 injured.
Key facts
- Dead
- 5 (Kyiv Police: 3 in Desnianskyi, 2 in Holosiivskyi)
- Injured
- 25, including a 7-year-old girl; 16 hospitalized, 4 serious (Klitschko)
- Energy
- All three Kyiv combined heat and power stations attacked (PM Koretskyi)
- Warning
- Air Force: no partner information on launches received Oct 12 or 13
No information from partners regarding missile launches from enemy territory has been received.
Ukrainian Air Force, Oct 14, via Kyiv Independent
Note
Late on October 13, a Russian missile struck a nine-story residential building in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district with little warning and set off a large fire, Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported. Kyiv Police said at least three women were killed and 25 people injured, including a 7-year-old girl. Klitschko said 16 were hospitalized and four were in serious condition.
Further waves of ballistic missiles followed early on October 14. Kyiv Police said two people were killed in the Holosiivskyi district.
ATTRIBUTION: Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi said all three of the city's combined heat and power stations were attacked, as well as infrastructure in Kyiv Oblast that supplies power to Kyiv and central regions. Ukraine's Air Force said "no information from partners regarding missile launches from enemy territory has been received" on October 12 or 13. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that no early warning was provided.
Two things changed at once: the targets moved to heat, and the early warning went quiet.
Why it matters
Combined heat and power plants heat Kyiv's apartment blocks as well as lighting them. Hitting all three in October aims at the winter.
Sources
- Kyiv Independent: Large-scale Russian missile attack on Kyiv strikes power plants, residential buildings, killing 5, injuring 25
- State Emergency Service of Ukraine (photo, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 4.0)
- Hero image: Wikimedia Commons
Primary + secondary attribution as listed.
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