Overnight on September 24, Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv: two killed, at least eight injured, and missile debris damaged a maternity hospital in the Podilskyi district, where a boy was born during the strike.
Overnight on September 24, Russia launched a massive ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, with explosions coming in waves around 1:00, 1:30 and 2:00 a.m. Two people were killed and at least eight injured, four of them hospitalized. Volunteers Support Ukraine is recording this as one of the heaviest attacks on the capital in recent days: the strike hit several districts at once and reached a medical facility.
Missile debris fell near Kyiv City Maternity Hospital No. 2 in the Podilskyi district — windows shattered, facade damage on several floors on the parking side, and cars caught fire in the parking lot itself. One person was killed there. According to preliminary reports from Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, no one inside the maternity hospital was hurt, and the facility keeps operating. Debris also damaged a residential building in the Dniprovskyi district, where people may have been trapped under rubble, a 16-story building, an administrative building, and warehouses in the Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts. The second fatality, a 57-year-old woman, was recorded in the Podilskyi district; a third death, a 65-year-old man, in the Solomianskyi district.
Despite the destruction, a boy was born in the maternity hospital's shelter at 2:05 a.m. — right as explosions sounded, according to department head Tetiana Mostepan. She said that despite damaged doors and windows on several floors on the parking side, and blast damage to the laundry and boiler rooms, no patient, mother or staff member was hurt, and the facility keeps admitting patients. Volunteers Support Ukraine believes details like this deserve to be told too: they're a reminder that even under fire, ordinary life — including medical care — doesn't stop.
President Zelensky said the targets of the attack were civilian infrastructure — residential buildings, a maternity hospital, energy and logistics facilities — and that the strike came just as a Ukrainian delegation was discussing a sanctions bill with members of the US Congress and the need to step up pressure on Russia. He said the United States has the means to respond more forcefully. Ukraine's Air Force reported that air defense neutralized or suppressed 227 aerial targets overnight, including four Zircon anti-ship missiles and three ballistic targets.
Strikes on the capital that reach medical facilities and residential neighborhoods are the daily reality millions of Ukrainians live with, which is exactly why Volunteers Support Ukraine continues to help people affected by the war with whatever resources it has available. Every such story is a reminder that support for affected communities remains necessary for as long as the war goes on.
