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President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed in his nightly address that approximately 14 people were injured in the attack, including a 12-year-old boy, and said authorities are working to establish a motive for what he described as a 'tragic' incident. The gunman, identified by local media as Dmytro Vasylchenkov, was a Ukrainian citizen born in Moscow who had previously lived in the Russian city of Ryazan and was a longtime resident of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. He had a criminal record, according to Zelenskyy, and reportedly posted anti-Ukrainian and antisemitic content on social media, denying Ukraine's right to exist as a country. A leaked Russian database reportedly showed Vasylchenkov held multiple Russian bank accounts until at least 2021 and a Russian phone number, and he travelled to Russia several times in 2016 — details investigators are now examining as they consider whether the attack was directed by Moscow.
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The death toll has risen to six, with Mayor Klitschko confirming a sixth victim — a young woman — died from her injuries in hospital. Police negotiators spoke with the attacker for approximately 40 minutes before special tactical units stormed the building, with Interior Minister Klymenko saying officers offered to send in tourniquets for a wounded person believed to be inside, but the gunman did not respond. The attacker, identified by prosecutors as a 58-year-old man originally from Moscow, was carrying a legally registered carbine; four hostages were rescued from the supermarket. A fire also broke out at the Kyiv apartment where the gunman was registered.
A gunman opened fire in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring several others before fleeing into a supermarket where he took hostages and exchanged fire with police, who ultimately shot and killed him. The incident unfolded in the Holosiivskyi district, a residential area in the southern part of the city.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed the deaths via Telegram, initially reporting two fatalities and five injuries, while noting that shooting was continuing inside the supermarket as police conducted a special operation to apprehend the attacker. Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko later confirmed that the gunman had been killed by police after shooting at officers. At least ten people were taken to hospital, including a child, according to Klitschko.
The exact death toll remains unclear, with some reports suggesting the number of fatalities on the street alone may be higher than the initial figure of two. The attacker's motive has not been established, and no connection to the ongoing war with Russia has been suggested by authorities.
The shooting stands out as an unusual episode of domestic gun violence in a country where, despite the widespread presence of weapons due to more than three years of war, such attacks in the capital remain rare. Kyiv, a city of roughly three million people, has largely maintained civil order throughout the conflict, and incidents of this kind draw particular attention precisely because they are so uncommon.
Authorities have not released information about the identity of the attacker or the circumstances that led to the shooting. Investigations are ongoing.
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