Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv kills one, sparks fires

A Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv on October 29 resulted in at least one death and multiple fires, with air defenses engaging incoming targets. The attack began with an air raid alert at 10:40 PM due to a ballistic missile threat from the north. Explosions were heard minutes later. Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko confirmed strikes, reporting a warehouse fire in the Darnytskyi district and rocket debris burning in a residential courtyard in the Dniester district, where a one-story building was partially destroyed and windows were blown out. The State Emergency Service reported one fatality from the shelling. Separately on the same day, a Russian attack on a railway station in Dniester, which was crowded with people, caused numerous deaths and injuries.