On the evening of October 13, Russia launched a missile attack on Kyiv.
The strike hit a nine‑story residential building in the Desniansky district, which caught fire.
A warehouse building in the same district also ignited as a result of the enemy attack.
Zelenskyy noted that the missiles were detected by Ukrainian systems almost during their approach to Kyiv.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klichko confirmed that emergency services were dispatched to the scenes of the fires.
Klichko said that evacuation of residents was underway from the upper floors of the nine‑story building.
According to the mayor, the fire covered apartments from the first to the eighth floor, with emergency services working on site.
Debris from the attack fell on a stadium in the Darnytsky district, igniting the grass and causing additional fires there.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia used ballistic missiles in the assault.
Zelenskyy said the main target of the strike was the TETC‑4 thermal power plant, one of Kyiv’s key energy facilities.
He added that the residential building was damaged and that firefighters were currently extinguishing the blaze.
Zelenskyy noted that the missiles were detected by Ukrainian systems almost during their approach to Kyiv.
Prime Minister Serhiy Kortyuk reported that by 23:50 there was one fatality.
Kortyuk also said that four people were injured in the attack.
The prime minister said the fire covered apartments from the first to the ninth floor.
Kortyuk added that evacuation of residents continued as emergency services worked on the scene.
Other references in the material mention six people injured in the October 13 attack, presenting a differing figure from Kortyuk’s count.
The October 13 strike followed a drone strike on October 12 in the Solomiansky district that hit an office building on its sixth floor.
Prior to the October 13 attack, an earlier assault on the Darnytsky district had left two dead and at least eleven injured.
The material also records that a twenty‑five‑story residential building was struck on October 12.
The October 13 missile attack is described as part of a recent escalation, following the October 12 drone strike and the previous assault on the Darnytsky district.
In the coverage, Russia is portrayed critically, while both Mayor Vitaliy Klichko and Prime Minister Serhiy Kortyuk are presented neutrally. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is also described critically.
The night of October 13 saw missile impacts on residential and infrastructure targets, emergency response efforts, casualty reports, and a broader context of escalating strikes.