Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences
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Russian strike hits operating room at Kyiv cardiac institute; one patient wounded
Russian forces struck the Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology of the National Academy of Medical Sciences in Kyiv, hitting the operating room on the building's sixth floor. One patient was wounded and received medical care, and Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretskyi said there were no fatalities at the institute. It was the second attack on the building; a previous strike hit the fourth floor in 2025.
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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.