Local Time (Midnight GMT) That Kyiv Is Being Attacked With Ballistic Missiles

Explosions were heard in Kyiv early Sunday after a ballistic missile alert was triggered in the Ukrainian capital, an journalist reported. Mayor Vitali Klitschko urged residents to take shelter, saying on Telegram shortly before 3 a.m. local time (midnight GMT) that Kyiv is being attacked with ballistic missiles. Stay in shelters!

The capital's military administration reported a fire in a non-residential building in the Obolonsky district. In Kryvyi Rih, an industrial city in central Ukraine where President Volodymyr Zelensky grew up, authorities said a missile and drone attack targeted two industrial enterprises. On the Russian side, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said air defense shot down at least 38 drones threatening the capital overnight Saturday into Sunday.

Strikes have intensified on both sides of the front in recent months, four and a half years after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, in what has become Europe's deadliest conflict since World War II. Russia launched a record number of missiles at Ukraine in July, according to an analysis of daily reports from the Ukrainian air force, as Kyiv presses U.S. President Donald Trump to provide more resources to counter them. According to a report by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU), last month was the deadliest for civilians since May 2022, with 437 killed and 2,610 wounded.

The Ukrainian capital has paid a particularly heavy toll with at least 54 dead and 202 wounded. Since the start of the year, the UN body has recorded 12,477 civilian casualties (1,839 dead and 10,638 wounded), up 44% from the same period last year and more than double that of 2024. In response to daily bombardments on its territory, Ukraine has also stepped up drone attacks on Russia. Kiev est attaquée avec des missiles balistiques. Restez aux abris!