Firefighters tackle a fire at a Kyiv medical facility, 5 Jan 2026. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine
Russia launched a drone strike on Kyiv overnight on Sunday, killing one person in the Ukrainian capital and another elsewhere in the Kyiv region, the authorities have reported.
According to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, at least one person was killed and another four were injured in a Russian drone strike on a Kyiv medical facility that damaged the building and caused a fire to break out.
Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko confirmed the attack on Monday morning, adding that two people were in a critical condition and that 16 patients at the facility had been transferred to other nearby hospitals elsewhere in the city.
Another civilian died in a further Russian drone strike on the Kyiv region targeting residential buildings, commercial warehouses and critical infrastructure in and around the city of Fastiv, according to Kyiv region Governor Mykola Kalashnyk.
According to Kalashnyk, who also accused Russia of continuing to spread “terror against the civilian population”, the attack also caused the northern regional city of Slavutych to lose power briefly, though no casualties were reported there.
On Sunday night, Ukrainian drones targeted a weapons plant in Russia’s central Lipetsk region, causing a fire to break out, Telegram news channel ASTRA reported, citing eyewitnesses and open source intelligence analysis.
The plant, a factory for major Russian aerospace company Energia, produces components for Russian missiles and drones, including batteries for Iskander ballistic missiles, according to the Kyiv Independent.
