Kyiv's central Lukyanivska subway station was hit by a Russian drone early on July 21 and is now closed for repairs. It marks the sixth time the busy station has been damaged by strikes since the full-scale Russian invasion in February 2022.
A Kyiv Subway Station Was Just Damaged By Russian Strikes -- For The Sixth Time
A man inspects a piece of engine after a night of Russian drone strikes in Kyiv on July 20-21. In the background is an entrance to the Lukyanivska subway station.
The Lukyanivska station seen on July 21.
The busy Kyiv subway station has now been damaged six separate times by Russian drone and missile strikes since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
A structure near the Lukyanivska underground station that was destroyed in the July 21 drone attack.
The station was previously damaged in strikes on March 15, 2022, December 29, 2023, July 8, 2024, January 18, 2025, when three people were killed by a ballistic missile strike outside the metro, and April 24, 2025.
People sheltering from strikes inside the Lukyanivska station in December 2024.
The subway station is one of many in Kyiv that is frequently filled with residents from nearby buildings who shelter here during air alerts.
Pieces of an engine alongside a sign for the Lukyanivska underground station seen on July 21. The station is located alongside Ukraine's first McDonalds, which opened in 1997, and across the road from a prominent high-rise building.
Elsewhere in Kyiv on July 21, another Shahed drone struck this residential block in the central Shevchenkivskiy district.
A man cleans up inside the damaged building in the Shevchenkivskiy district.
Scattered wreckage after the drone strike on the Shevchenkivskiy district.
Kyiv authorities say one person was killed and two injured in the July 21 strikes. Ukraine's Kharkiv and Ivano-Frankiivsk regions were also hit.