Kyiv was subjected to Russian drone and missile attacks on the night of Wednesday, February 3. As of this morning, six people were reported injured in the shelling.
This was announced by the city mayor Vitaliy Klitschko and the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Timur Tkachenko.
The Ukrainian Air Force warned throughout the night about both Russian drones and missiles from various directions.
Consequences of Russian shelling in Kyiv, February 3, 2026. Suspilne/Stanislav Svyryd
Darnytskyi and Dniprovskyi districts are mostly without heat due to the massive nighttime attack on the capital's infrastructure. As of this morning, 1,170 high-rise buildings in the city are without heat, Klitschko specified.
Six people were injured in the attack, Tkachenko said. A man and a woman were hospitalized with stab wounds from a damaged house in the Dnipro district.
Smoke rises from a residential building after being hit by a Russian drone, Kyiv, February 3, 2026. REUTERS/Thomas Peter
Consequences of Russian shelling in Kyiv, February 3, 2026. Suspilne/Stanislav Svyryd
According to the head of the KMVA Tkachenko, the Russians attacked the capital with ballistic missiles. Later, he described in more detail the consequences of the Russian shelling by district: in Darnytskyi — a fire in a non-residential building and damage to a 22- and 5-story building; Desnyanskyi district — damage to a non-residential building; Dniprovskyi — a kindergarten and a 5-story building were damaged; Pecherskyi — a gas station and a car nearby were damaged; Shevchenkivskyi — a 22-story building was damaged, where rescuers extinguished the fire at the level of 16-17 floors.
The previous combined Russian attack on the capital occurred on the night of January 24. One person was killed and several injured. Almost 6,000 high-rise buildings in the capital were left without heating, and there were problems with water supply. Due to a shortage of electricity, the metro operated in shifts.