ISTANBUL

Ukraine said on Sunday that at least four people were killed and 13 others injured in the capital Kyiv amid a large-scale attack by Russia on the country overnight.

“According to updated data, as of now, 13 people were injured (including one child) and four died (including one child) as a result of the attack on Kyiv,” Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said in a statement on Telegram.

Tkachenko further reported damage to a number of residential and non-residential buildings in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi, Sviatoshynskyi, Solomianskyi, Holosiivskyi, and Dniprovskyi districts, including a cardiology institute.

Separately, Kyiv Governor Mykola Kalashnik said at least 28 people were injured, including three children, in the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital.

“Four people were hospitalized in regional hospitals — three adults and one child. All hospitalized are in moderate condition,” Kalashnik added.

Ukraine’s Air Force claimed that its air defenses shot down 568 out of 595 drones, as well as 43 out of 48 various types of missiles, launched by Russia during the overnight attack, which it said mainly targeted Kyiv.

“This vile attack came virtually as the close of UN General Assembly week, and this is exactly how Russia declares its true position. Moscow wants to keep fighting and killing, and it deserves the toughest pressure from the world,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement through the US social media company X in reaction to the attack.

“We will continue to strike back to deprive Russia of those revenue streams and to compel it toward diplomacy. Everyone who wants peace must back (US) President (Donald) Trump’s efforts and halt any Russian imports,” he said, adding that the Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, and Odesa regions were also affected.

Russian authorities have not immediately commented on Ukraine’s statements.