(UPDATED: October 27, 9:01 a.m. Kyiv time. Updated with details of damage to the university campus, student dormitories and medical facilities, as well as Zelensky’s warnings of further strikes, people potentially trapped under the rubble. Updated with reports that the number of victims has increased to 15.)
Russian ballistic missiles struck a university campus and surrounding residential areas in kyiv on Monday evening (Oct. 26), killing at least one person and injuring more than 10 others, most of them students, as emergency teams searched damaged buildings for people feared trapped under the rubble.
The strikes hit the grounds of a university near Kyoto Park and Lisova metro station on the eastern bank of the Dnipro River, damaging student dormitories, apartment buildings and medical facilities.
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Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said nine of the injured were hospitalized, three of them in serious condition.
President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that further strikes were possible as Russian Shahed drone attacks continued on the capital and other Ukrainian cities.
“The damage is significant and there are also reports that people may be trapped under the rubble,” Zelensky wrote on social media.
The Ukrainian leader stressed that the missiles hit heavily populated civilian areas where, he said, there were no military installations nearby.
“Unfortunately, more strikes could happen,” Zelensky added.
At 8:30 a.m. on Tuesday, the Kyiv City Military Administration (KMVA) announced that the number of casualties had increased to 15.
“Overnight, the enemy attacked the capital with ballistic missiles and drones (unmanned aerial vehicles). As a result of the terrorist actions of the Russian Federation, damage was recorded in three districts of kyiv,” the report said.
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Of the 15 injured, 12 were hospitalized.
According to the National Emergency Service (DSNS), two fires broke out in non-residential buildings in the Obolonskyi district. Rescuers put out both fires. Two victims were reported in the area.
In the Holosiivskyi district, the Russian attack damaged transport infrastructure.
University campus and student dormitories damaged
The university hit by the attack was identified as the State University of Trade and Economics (SUTE), located on Kyoto Street in the Desnianskyi district of Kyiv.
The institution, founded in 1946, is one of the capital’s leading public universities, with more than 15,000 students across six faculties, according to its official profile.
The university specializes in economics, international business, finance, law, information technology and management.
The Russian ballistic strike hit near a university dormitory, shattering windows and injuring residents, according to Klitschko.
The mayor initially indicated that a 20-year-old woman had been hospitalized following the strike near the dormitory.
In a later update, Klitschko said most of the 10 people injured in the attack were students living in university housing. Nine were taken to hospital.
Ukraine’s emergency services reported damage to university buildings, dormitories and neighboring residential properties.
KMVA also reported damage to a school building in the Desnianskyi district.
A paramedic and an emergency medical technician were injured after their ambulance came under fire in the Desnianskyi district, according to the mayor. Their injuries were not considered critical.
A strike near the Lisova metro station also set a private vehicle on fire, while nearby residential infrastructure was damaged.
In the Dniprovskyi district, a three-story non-residential building was partially destroyed, and rescuers discovered the body of a person in its basement, according to state emergency services.
The destruction extended to residential, educational and medical establishments in the two districts.
Zelensky urges allies to speed up air defense deliveries
Zelensky renewed his call for faster deliveries of Western air defense systems and munitions, warning that delays were leaving Ukrainian cities vulnerable to further Russian missile strikes.
He said Ukraine remained facing a constant threat from ballistic missiles that could strike populated areas without warning.
In such circumstances, he argued, “artificial delays in the provision of air defense to Ukraine contribute to terrorism.”
The president called for the rapid implementation of political agreements on defense assistance, emphasizing that Ukraine needs enough weapons not only to intercept incoming missiles, but also to destroy Russian launchers.
The latest attack came amid an intensified Russian missile and drone campaign against Ukraine, with kyiv’s residential neighborhoods, transport facilities and civilian infrastructure repeatedly hit.
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