Ukraine Downs 2 Ballistic Missiles, 255 Russian Drones in Overnight Attack Targeting Kyiv

Ukrainian air defenses shot down or neutralized two Russian ballistic missiles and 255 drones during an overnight attack primarily targeting Kyiv, the Air Force reported on Tuesday, Oct. 27.Russia launched the attack from 6 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 26, using Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles from Russia’s Bryansk region and 280 strike drones, including Shahed-type unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), Gerbera drones and Parodiya decoys.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.Of the Shahed-type drones, 69 were jet-powered, according to the report on Telegram.As of 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Ukrainian forces had intercepted or suppressed 257 aerial targets: two ballistic missiles Iskander-M/S-400 type and 255 drones. These included 56 jet-powered Shahed-type UAVs.Several strike drones remained in the air, and combat operations were ongoing at the time of the report.Air Force said impacts from Russian aerial weapons were recorded at 25 locations, while debris from intercepted targets fell at 16 locations.Separately, the State Emergency Service (DSNS) reported that Russian forces carried out more than 40 attacks across five districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region overnight, injuring three people in the Synelnykove district. Fires broke out in a multi-story residential building, vehicles, private homes and outbuildings. Residential houses also caught fire in the Nikopol and Pavlohrad districts.In the city of Dnipro and the Kamianske district, infrastructure was damaged and a fire broke out. Rescuers extinguished all the fires, the DSNS reported. Other Topics of Interest Molodist Film Festival Marks 55 Years, Bringing International Cinema to Kyiv Oct. 24-Nov. 1 Kyiv’s 55th Molodist International Film Festival will run from Oct. 24 to Nov. 1, showcasing emerging filmmakers from around the world. Russian strikes on Kyiv overnight into Oct. 27, prompted the closure of the South (Pivdennyi) Bridge, a major crossing connecting the capital’s eastern and western banks of the Dnipro River.Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko released the first photos showing damage to the bridge as specialists assessed the extent of the damage.The Kyiv City Military Administration (KMVA) also reported disruptions on the Green (Syretsko-Pecherska) metro line, with trains operating separately between Syrets and Vydubychi stations and between Osokorky and Chervonyi Khutir stations.The bridge remains closed to traffic, and authorities have not announced when it will reopen or when normal metro service will resume. The crossing carries both road traffic and part of the Green Line.In a separate development, Russian ballistic missile strikes damaged an administrative building in Kyiv’s Podilskyi district and non-residential buildings at two other locations.The attack followed Monday evening strikes on a university campus and nearby residential areas that killed one person and injured over 10 others, most of them students. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 90% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.