May 23, 2026 / 9:39 PM EDT
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A large ballistic missile attack pounded Kyiv early on Sunday local time, authorities said, wounding at least five people after Moscow threatened retaliation for strikes in Russian-occupied eastern Ukraine. Loud explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital, causing a residential building near the government district to shake, while dozens took shelter in an underground metro station in the city center, according to Agence France-Presse journalists. "The capital has come under a mass ballistic missile attack," Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, wrote on Telegram. Mayor Vitali Klitschko said five people had been wounded and one of them was hospitalized.
Residents take shelter in a metro station in central Kyiv during a Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital early on May 24, 2026.
