Kyiv endured morning "hell": everything known about the ballistic missile strike on the capital

On the morning of January 18, Russian forces launched a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv. The attack resulted in civilian casualties and destruction. Due to damage to the water supply pipeline, many homes are without water, and emergency crews from Kyivvodokanal have been working at the site.

TSN.ua has gathered all the details about the morning strike.

Explosions rocked the capital during an air raid warning at around 6 a.m. Earlier, authorities had informed the public about the threat of ballistic missiles. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that windows were shattered in the Shevchenkivskyi district, and there was smoke in the entrance of a residential building.

As a result of the strikes, three cars caught fire, and ten more were damaged. An administrative building, a business center, and a store were partially destroyed. One of the buildings caught fire.

The entrance glass at the "Lukianivska" metro station was shattered, causing the station to be closed for entry and exit, with trains passing without stopping.

In the same area, the water supply pipeline was damaged, and one street was flooded. As of 8 a.m., Kyivvodokanal’s emergency crews had localized the accident.

"As a result of the morning missile strike on the capital, the D-700 water pipeline was damaged in the Shevchenkivskyi district. Emergency crews from Kyivvodokanal are working at the site. The leak has been localized. Water pressure is gradually being restored in the Shevchenkivskyi district. Information about the affected subscribers is being clarified," the agency reported.

Fragments were also found in the Holosiivskyi and Desnianskyi districts, but the Shevchenkivskyi district suffered the most, with not only destruction but also casualties and injuries.

According to the latest information, four people have been confirmed killed, and three others were injured.
Kyiv residents reported that the explosions started before the air raid warning signal, which was activated at 5:50 a.m. At that time, people were just leaving shelters after the previous air raid alert caused by a "Shahed" drone attack.

A Kyiv resident named Yulia, who works at a store, shared that after the air raid warning was canceled, she opened the store. However, after that, explosions occurred.

"The air raid warning was canceled, and we opened the store. Then — hits. The doors were blown out by the blast wave. After that, we went out into the street. I was scared. It was terrifying," the woman recalls.

According to Kyiv’s State Emergency Service, rescuers extinguished the fire from three vehicles, and, tentatively, ten cars were damaged. The "Lukianivska" metro station was severely affected, as well as the McDonald's restaurant nearby, an administrative building, and a shopping complex.

Attack on Kyiv Region

It was also a restless night in the region, where Russians attacked with strike drones. According to local authorities, the air raid warning lasted nearly eight hours.

"Air defense forces were operating in the region. Enemy targets were shot down. There were no casualties among the population. No hits on critical or residential infrastructure. In two districts of the region, fragments of downed enemy targets damaged three private homes, two outbuildings, and four cars. The buildings had facades and roofs damaged, and windows were broken," Acting Head of the Kyiv Regional State Administration, Mykola Kalashnik wrote.

At night, the air defense forces downed two "Iskander" missiles and 24 drones.

On the night of January 18, the Russians attacked Ukraine with "Shahed" drones and UAVs of other types from Millerovo, Bryansk, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, as well as with "Iskander-M/KN-23" ballistic missiles from Voronezh and Bryansk regions in Russia, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.
As of 8 a.m., it was confirmed that two ballistic missiles were downed in Kyiv region, as well as 24 "Shaheds" and other drones in Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, and Donetsk regions.

The enemy hit an enterprise in Zaporizhzhia with ballistic missiles. Houses and cars were damaged.

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