One dead and 15 injured are the toll of the large-scale attack launched with drones and missiles by the Russia against Kiev, at dawn (14.11.2025). Massive damage has been caused in 8 of the 10 districts of its capital Ukrainian.
Some of the injured are being treated at serious condition, in hospitals of Ukraine. Among them one pregnant and a man. Loud explosions were heard throughout central Kiev overnight, with residents seeing anti-aircraft defense systems open fire on Russian drones and missiles.
The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, called on residents to rush to shelters, speaking of a “massive enemy attack on the capital”. Fires broke out in various sectors of the city and emergency services were mobilized, he said in continuous updates via Telegram.
“Kiev is under massive Russian attack”specifically announced.
Parts of the heating network were damaged, leaving several buildings in the Desnianskyi district without heating.
Missiles and drones are hitting apartment buildings across Kyiv right now. pic.twitter.com/YYy1gaif2J
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Oleksandr Markushin, mayor of Irpin, a municipality in the Kyiv region, complained that a lot of damage was also caused by the debris of the drones after the shootings. He spoke of a woman who was slightly injured in the hand.
Continuing the offensive that began in 2022, Russia, whose troops are better equipped and have a numerical advantage, continues its slow advance in eastern Ukraine, especially in the Donetsk region, where the fighting has been concentrated lately. At the same time, Moscow has been multiplying its bombings of energy infrastructure and Ukraine’s railway network for weeks, against the background of falling temperatures as winter approaches.
Ukrainian raid on Black Sea oil port
The Russian authorities, on the other hand, spoke of a Ukrainian raid on Navrasysk, oil port on the Black Sea.
Drone hits high-rise building in Kyiv pic.twitter.com/aGkd1A1hO2
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A fire broke out in a fuel refinery which was extinguished, apartment buildings were damaged by drone fragments and one person was injured.
A merchant ship was also damaged by drone debris and 3 crew members were injured, the Krasnadar region “operations center” reported via Telegram.
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In addition to the ship and the port, damage was caused to 3 apartment buildings as well as a fuel storage facility.
Russian air defense units intercepted more than 200 Ukrainian drones, the Ministry of Defense announced in Moscow.
“During the past night, air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 216 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles,” among them 66 in the Krasnadar region and more 59 in the ethers of the Black Seathe ministry said via Telegram.
Ukrainian raids often damage oil and gas sector infrastructure and means of transporting hydrocarbons – pipelines, ships, etc. -, which is attributed to increases in fuel prices in Russia.