Case file

Kyiv, night of 21–22 Oct 2026

Ballistic missiles with cluster warheads over the historic centre · night

Case file

Kyiv, night of 21–22 Oct 2026Ballistic missiles with cluster warheads over the historic centre · night

Kyiv, night of 21–22 Oct: rescuers beside a crater in a residential courtyard, a damaged house behind. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine (DSNS) · 2026-10-22 · CC BY 4.0 · original ↗

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killed — Kyiv city (prosecutor) · Kyiv and region (President) B

ballistic missiles with cluster warheads; one burst beside the Lavra B

Overnight into 22 October Russia fired ballistic and cruise missiles and 210 drones, with Kyiv the main target. The President reported three Iskander-M missiles with cluster warheads; one burst between the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra — a World Heritage property on the List in Danger — and the Holy Presentation Monastery, damaging the monastery, homes, shops and cafés. An ambulance station lost six vehicles; the Museum of Ukrainian Diaspora was damaged; the Southern Bridge damage split the green metro line. In Kyiv a 48-year-old man was killed and 22 people injured (police, 12:21; the city prosecutor's morning count was 24 injured); 2 killed and 34 injured, 5 of them children, in Kyiv and the region (President). Preliminary; no UN statement on this strike yet. In June 2026 the World Heritage Committee recorded significant damage to the Lavra from an earlier Russian attack.

World Heritage property on the List in Danger; June 2026 damage recorded by the Committee — established This strike — position

Russia said. The Ministry of Defence named defence plants and "objects of transport infrastructure in Kyiv" and said nothing about cluster warheads or the old city (22 Oct). In June it blamed a Patriot interceptor for the damage to the Lavra.

Evidence held: President of Ukraine (22 Oct); Kyiv city prosecutor's office and city military administration (22 Oct); State Emergency Service (22 Oct, photos and video); Air Force (210 drones, Iskander-M, S-400, Zircon, Onyx); UNESCO World Heritage Committee 48 COM 7A.30; UNESCO verified-sites list (563, 29 Sep 2026).

Photo & video · 6 photos · 1 video

Kyiv, night of 21–22 Oct: rescuers beside a crater in a residential courtyard, a damaged house behind