Kyiv Metro
The Kyiv Metro is the municipal operator of the Kyiv underground railway system, which opened in 1960. It is the oldest and largest metro system in Ukraine. Since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, its stations have also served as air-raid shelters during attacks on the city.
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Russia hits Kyiv energy facility and medical buildings in large drone attack, one killed in city
On 20 October 2026, Russia struck Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast with a large overnight barrage of strike drones, including jet-powered Shaheds. Debris hit an energy facility in the Shevchenkivskyi district, a medical building in the Solomianskyi district and the upper floors of a medical facility in the Holosiivskyi district, while a drone falling near a gas station on the edge of the Holosiivskyi district killed one man. Four Kyiv districts were partially de-energised, and the metro and funicular halted briefly before service resumed.