From 0:46 a.m. to around 1:00 a.m. local time on the 16th, Xinhua News Agency reporters heard two rounds of intense explosions in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The reporter saw that two missiles exploded in the air. The Ukrainian Air Force posted on social media that the Russian army fired 4 ballistic missiles at the city of Kyiv. Kyiv Mayor Klitschko later posted on social media that a non-residential building in the city's Darnitsky district was hit by missile debris, and a warehouse in the Sviatoshinsky district was attacked.

From 0:46 a.m. to around 1:00 a.m. local time on the 16th, Xinhua News Agency reporters heard two rounds of intense explosions in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. The reporter saw that two missiles exploded in the air. The Ukrainian Air Force posted on social media that the Russian army fired 4 ballistic missiles at the city of Kyiv. Kyiv Mayor Klitschko later posted on social media that a non-residential building in the city's Darnitsky district was hit by missile debris, and a warehouse in the Sviatoshinsky district was attacked.