High-rises ablaze across the city: RBC-Ukraine's report from Kyiv after latest strike
Photo: Kyiv was the main target of Russian attack overnight (Getty Images)
Fires broke out across multiple districts of Kyiv, entire floors were destroyed, and dozens of people were rescued — the capital is reeling after a massive Russian strike. The attack hit nearly every part of the city.
RBC-Ukraine reports from the scene, showing the aftermath of the overnight assault on Kyiv on November 14.
Following the massive Russian attack, dozens of fires and extensive destruction were recorded across the capital. Rescue workers spent the night pulling people from smoke-filled apartments, extinguishing fires in high-rise buildings, and clearing debris.
In the Podilskyi district, a high-rise was struck around the 15th floor. Thirteen people were rescued.
Meanwhile, in the Sviatoshynskyi district, a residential building was hit on the 7th floor.
Rescuers also extinguished a fire in a 22-story residential tower, where flames broke out around the 19th floor.
RBC-Ukraine visited the scene. Footage shows that the high-rise suffered severe damage.
Damaged high-rise in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district (Photo: RBC-Ukraine)
Several of the top floors were burned, part of the façade was torn off, and shattered windows stretched down nearly the entire side of the building.
Damaged high-rise in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district (Photo: RBC-Ukraine)
On the lower floors, traces of the blast wave are visible — damaged balconies and cracked walls.
Damaged high-rise in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district (Photo: RBC-Ukraine)
The courtyard turned into a field of debris. Pieces of brick, shattered glass, building fragments, and parts of the façade lay scattered across the ground. Entrances and surrounding areas were covered in rubble.
Damaged high-rise in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district (Photo: RBC-Ukraine)
Cars parked near the building were mangled beyond recognition. One sedan was crushed by falling masonry — its roof flattened to the seats, the body ripped apart, the windows blown out. Other vehicles were also damaged.
Damaged high-rise in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district (Photo: RBC-Ukraine)
Rescuers and utility crews continue to work at the scene.
Damaged high-rise in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district (Photo: RBC-Ukraine)
Damaged high-rise in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district (Photo: RBC-Ukraine)
Damaged high-rise in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district (Photo: RBC-Ukraine)
Damaged high-rise in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district (Photo: RBC-Ukraine)
In the Dniprovskyi district, firefighters extinguished two burning apartments on the first floor of a 5-story building, covering an area of 50 square meters. Seventeen people were rescued. At another location, a 30-square-meter fire broke out. A residential building sustained partial destruction on the 19th and 21st floors.
Wooden buildings at a sports facility also caught fire, covering an area of 200 square meters.
In the Darnytskyi district, a fire broke out on the grounds of a school.
In the Desnianskyi district, a high-rise caught fire on the 7th floor. The blaze has been localized. During the operation, rescuers saved nine people and evacuated fifty more.
At another address, a residential building burned from the 5th to the 8th floors. One person was killed. Fourteen people were rescued, including one child, and one person was pulled from the rubble.
In the Solomianskyi district, the roof and the fifth floor of a residential building caught fire. Twenty people were rescued.
In addition, debris fell onto the grounds of a hospital in the Holosiivskyi district. Another fire occurred at a different address.
In the Obolonskyi district, a nine-story residential building was hit, causing fires in apartments from the 7th to the 9th floors, covering roughly 100 square meters. One person was rescued, and the fire was extinguished.
At this stage, preliminary reports indicate that three people were killed and at least 27 were injured in Kyiv. More than 40 people were rescued by emergency services.
Heating outages were reported in the Desnianskyi district and parts of the Podilskyi district as well.
According to energy providers, scheduled electricity outages are currently in effect across the capital. Local emergency outages caused by the attack have been fixed. Water supply has been restored.
Massive Russian attack on the night of November 14
Overnight on Friday, November 14, Russian forces launched another combined attack on Ukraine. Most of the strikes targeted Kyiv. The enemy also hit infrastructure in the Kyiv region, injuring six people, including a seven-year-old child.
Damage was recorded across five districts of the Kyiv region. In the Bucha district, nine private homes were damaged. In the Bila Tserkva district, the attack damaged several civilian industrial sites, warehouses, and garages. In the Vyshhorod district, 14 private homes and several cars were damaged. Another private home was hit in the Fastiv district. In the Obukhiv district, a car was destroyed and a private house was damaged.
Overnight, Russian forces also attacked the southern Odesa region with strike drones. Civilian infrastructure and an energy facility were damaged. Fires broke out, and a nearby residential building and garage were affected. One person was injured.
Additionally, in the Kirovohrad region, a power line was damaged during the attack, leaving 16 localities and parts of Novoukrainka without electricity.
