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Russia launches missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine says

Russia carried out a missile strike on Kyiv overnight, prompting authorities to urge residents to stay in safe locations as air defenses worked to intercept the attack.

Valentyn Ogirenko and Lidia Kelly/Reuters

13 January 2026 at 06:52:17

FILE PHOTO: Railway employees walk next to a railway station building hit during overnight Russian missile and drone strikes in the town of Fastiv, in the Kyiv region, Ukraine, December 6, 2025.

Valentyn Ogirenko/Reuters

Russia launched an overnight missile attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian authorities said early on Tuesday.


"Stay in safe places! The Russians are attacking the capital with ballistic missiles!" Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration, said on Telegram.


Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that air defence units were trying to repel the attack.

-Valentyn Ogirenko and Lidia Kelly/Reuters

Russia launches overnight missile strike on Kyiv; Ukrainian authorities urge residents to seek shelter as air defenses respond.

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