STORY: Russian drones attacked targets in Kyiv early on Friday (January 9), killing four people, injuring at least 19 and inflicting considerable damage on dwellings and infrastructure, Ukrainian officials said.

Tymur Tkachenko, head of the capital's military administration and Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote on Telegram that four people had been killed in the strikes, which began just before midnight (2200 GMT). Klitschko said 19 people were injured, with 14 of them being treated in hospital.

One of the dead, Klitschko said, was an emergency medic who had arrived at a suburban apartment hit by two drones in succession. Four members of the same crew were injured in that incident.

Two apartment buildings had been hit on the east bank of the Dnipro River, causing major damage, he said. In one building, an entire entrance had been destroyed, and a high-rise building had also been badly damaged in a central district.

Tkachenko said one drone had triggered a fire in a shopping center, while another had fallen outside a medical facility. Both officials said fires had broken out in several city districts.

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Emergency medic among four killed in Russian drone strike on Kyiv

VIDEO SHOWS: RUSSIAN DRONE STRIKE SITE / DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / DAMAGED AMBULANCE / BODY OF EMERGENCY MEDIC COVERED BY PLASTIC SHEET / FIREFIGHTERS AT WORK

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SHOWS: KYIV, UKRAINE (JANUARY 9, 2026) (REUTERS – Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. EMERGENCY RESPONSE VEHICLES PARKED OUTSIDE APARTMENT BUILDING HIT BY RUSSIAN DRONES

2. DAMAGE ON BUILDING

3. DAMAGED AMBULANCE PARKED NEAR BUILDING

4. VARIOUS OF COVERED BODY OF EMERGENCY MEDIC, WHO WAS KILLED IN RUSSIAN STRIKE, LYING ON SNOW

5. SHATTERED WINDSHIELD

6. DAMAGED AMBULANCE

7. VARIOUS OF DAMAGE ON BUILDING

8. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS STANDING NEAR FIRE TRUCK

9. FIRE TRUCK PARKED NEAR DAMAGED BUILDING

10. PEOPLE WALKING PAST

11. BUILDING CHARRED AND DAMAGED FROM RUSSIAN DRONE ATTACK

12. SMOKE RISING FROM BUILDING

13. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS STANDING NEAR BUILDING

14. LARGE HOLE ON BUILDING’S ROOF

15. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS THROWING BROKEN INFRASTRUCTURE OUT OF BUILDING

16. BURNT VEHICLE

17. BURNT AND DAMAGED BUILDING

18. VARIOUS OF SMOKE RISING FROM TOP OF BUILDING

19. SIRENS RINGING FROM EMERGENCY VEHICLE

20. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WALKING ON RUBBLE

21. EMERGENCY RESPONDER TURNING ON HOSE TO SPRAY WATER

22. SMOKE RISING FROM RUBBLE

23. LIGHTS FLASHING FROM EMERGENCY VEHICLE

24. SMOKE RISING / AUDIO OF LOUD CLANGING

25. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WALKING ON SNOW

26. PERSON STANDING NEAR EMERGENCY VEHICLE

27. SMOKE RISING FROM BROKEN INFRASTRUCTURE AND DEBRIS