Russia unleashed missile and drone attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight, killing four people, including a 12-year-old child, injuring several dozens and badly damaging buildings, officials said on Thursday (April 16).

Videos showed fires burning out of control and smoke billowing skyward, while firefighters battled to control multiple huge blazes in the night, while the morning saw residents and emergency crew cleaning debris scattered around heavily damaged buildings in the city.

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko also said 45 city residents were injured. The city came under another attack early on Thursday, he said, adding that a drone, flying very low, slammed into an 18-story building.

Ukraine's emergency services put the death toll in Kyiv at five

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Russian missiles hit Ukraine's Kyiv, officials report damage and falling debris

VIDEO SHOWS: FIREFIGHTERS WORKING TO PUT OUT HUGE BLAZE AFTER STRIKE / BURNT VEHICLES / PEOPLE STANDING AROUND DAMAGED BUILDINGS / RESIDENTS CLEANING INSIDE APARTMENTS / DEBRIS AROUND DAMAGED BUILDINGS / WORKERS CLEARING DEBRIS FROM ROADS

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SHOWS: KYIV, UKRAINE (APRIL 16, 2026) (REUTERS - Access All)

1. (NIGHT SHOTS) VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS BATTLING LARGE FIRE AND THICK BLACK SMOKE RISING INTO SKY AFTER RUSSIAN STRIKE

2. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS USING FIRE HOSE TO PUT OUT LARGE FIRE, THICK BLACK SMOKE RISING INTO SKY

3. VARIOUS OF LARGE FIRE BURNING, THICK BLACK SMOKE RISING INTO SKY

4. FIRE TRUCK NEAR BURNT VEHICLES, LARGE FIRE AND THICK BLACK SMOKE RISING INTO SKY IN BACKGROUND

5. VARIOUS OF BURNT VEHICLES

6. RESIDENTS WALKING NEAR DAMAGED BUILDING, DEBRIS SCATTERED ON GROUND

7. DAMAGED VEHICLES PARKED ALONG DAMAGED BUILDING

8. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL STANDING AND SITTING NEAR TREE, ONE PICKING UP SLEDGEHAMMER

9. RESIDENT INSIDE APARTMENT SEEN THROUGH WINDOW

10. RESIDENTS STANDING OUTSIDE BUILDING NEAR DAMAGED VEHICLE

11. RESIDENTS ON MOBILE PHONES OUTSIDE BUILDING / DEBRIS ON DAMAGED VEHICLE / RESIDENT STANDING BESIDE DAMAGED VEHICLE

12. EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL STANDING NEAR DAMAGED VEHICLES AND BUILDING

13. DEBRIS SCATTERED ON GROUND BESIDE DAMAGED BUILDING BEHIND CORDON

14. BALCONIES OF DAMAGED BUILDING

15. VARIOUS OF RESIDENTS GATHERED

16. WORKERS ON TRUCK FIXING POWER LINES NEAR DAMAGED BUILDING

17. RESIDENTS STANDING NEAR CRATER ON GROUND

18. CRATER ON GROUND

19. DAMAGED VEHICLES AND DEBRIS NEAR FRONT PORCH OF DAMAGED HOTEL, PEOPLE STANDING AT ENTRANCE

20. PEOPLE STANDING AT ENTRANCE OF DAMAGED HOTEL, DEBRIS ON STAIRS, SIGN READING (English): "AMBASSADOR PLAZA KYIV"

21. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED BUILDINGS

22. VARIOUS OF WORKERS FIXING POWER LINES

23. SHATTERED WINDOWS OF DAMAGED BUILDINGS

24. VARIOUS OF WORKERS CLEARING DEBRIS FROM ROADS

25. VARIOUS OF RESIDENT INSIDE APARTMENT

26. VARIOUS OF DAMAGED VEHICLES AND DEBRIS NEAR FRONT PORCH OF DAMAGED HOTEL

27. FLAGS AT FRONT PORCH OF HOTEL