Russian forces struck the Ukrainian capital with ballistic missiles on Tuesday (October 13), killing two people in a high-rise apartment and hitting a thermal power plant in the second attack in 24 hours without warning from Kyiv's Western allies.

Footage showed the aftermath with emergency responders tending to injured people in the early hours of Wednesday (October 14).

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the strike on the nine-story building had killed two people and injured 21. Sixteen were being treated in hospital and four were in a serious condition.

Emergency crews were battling fires in apartments throughout the building and residents were being evacuated. Reuters pictures and TV footage showed firefighters training hoses on the building's shattered facade.

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KYIV, UKRAINE (OCTOBER 14, 2026) (REUTERS - Access all) (NIGHT SHOTS)

1. VARIOUS OF EMERGENCY RESPONDERS TREATING INJURED PEOPLE, CARRYING THEM ON STRETCHERS

2. EMERGENCY RESPONDERS LOADING INJURED PERSON INTO AN AMBULANCE

3. VARIOUS OF INJURED PERSON WITH BANDAGES ON HIS HEAD, SPEAKING ON HIS PHONE

4. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS ON AERIAL LADDER SPRAYING WATER ONTO FIRES IN BUILDING

5. VARIOUS OF FIREFIGHTERS SPRAYING WATER ONTO FIRES IN BUILDING

6. VARIOUS OF KYIV MAYOR VITALI KLITSCHKO SPEAKING WITH OFFICIALS ON SITE

7. PEOPLE INSIDE DAMAGED APARTMENT SEEN FROM OUTSIDE

8. FIREFIGHTER HELPING PERSON OUT OF BUILDING, FIREFIGHTER EXITING BUILDING