In brief
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said the Ukrainian capital heard explosions on Thursday night during a Russian ballistic missile attack. Sources confirm that the sounds were heard across Kyiv. A separate report lists the S‑400 missile targets as CHP‑5 in Vydubychi and CHP‑4 in Darnytsia—information not corroborated elsewhere. The incident coincides with reports of 16 missiles and 200 drones launched in the Kyiv region.
On Thursday night, October 29, the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv was rocked by explosions following a Russian ballistic missile strike, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, according to a report by Xinhua. The mayor described how the city heard the blasts throughout its streets as the missiles landed and detonated.
Both the Xinhua story and a separate report from Antikor.info confirm that explosions were heard across the entire city on Thursday night. This gives the event a corroborated confirmation from two independent sources.
Only Antikor.info identified the specific S‑400 missile targets—CHP‑5 in the Vydubychi district and CHP‑4 in Darnytsia—information not mentioned elsewhere. That claim comes solely from the Antikor.info article and has no corroboration in the Xinhua report.
Other reports, such as the brief mention in a Pravda.com.ua piece, note explosions near the town of Naro‑Fominsk, 56 kilometres from Moscow, during a separate launch event. That incident is unrelated to the Kyiv strike and was reported by a single outlet.
The attack on Kyiv comes amid reports that Russia launched 16 ballistic missiles and over 200 drones into the Kyiv region. The Daily Star webpage that once covered the incident is currently unavailable, and no further updates have been published beyond the initial report.
