Ukraine: At least two dead as gunman opens fire in Kyiv

BBC News · 🇬🇧 public United Kingdom · Apr 18, 2026 · 102 words

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What to know about Ukraine: At least two dead as gunman opens fire in Kyiv

At least two dead as gunman opens fire and takes hostages in Kyiv Two people have been killed and others injured as a person opened fire in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital's Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said.

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What happened

Why it matters

The incident happened in the southern Holosiivskyi district, Kyiv's police force wrote on Telegram.

Common ground

Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko later confirmed that people had been taken hostage in a supermarket and that the attacker shot at police officers before being killed.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 4 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Two people have been killed and others injured as a person opened fire in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital's Mayor Vitali Klitschko has said.”

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Multiple web search results cite Mayor Vitali Klitschko stating that at least two people were killed and others injured during a shooting in Kyiv. One source specifies 'At least two people were killed and 28 others were injured in Kyiv during the attack.'

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Battle of Kyiv was part of the Kyiv offensive in the Russian invasion of Ukraine for control of Kyiv, the capital city of Ukraine, and surrounding districts including Hostomel Airport. The combata…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kyiv_(2022)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Head of Kyiv City (Ukrainian: Київський міський голова, romanized: Kyivskyi miskyi holova), unofficially and more commonly the Mayor of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Мер Києва, romanized: Mer Kyieva), is a cit…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_Kyiv

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vitalii Volodymyrovych Klychko (; Ukrainian: Віта́лій Володи́мирович Кличко́ [wiˈtɑl⁽ʲ⁾ij woloˈdɪmɪrowɪtʃ klɪtʃˈkɔ]; born 19 July 1971), known as Vitali Klitschko, is a Ukrainian politician and former…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitali_Klitschko

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Claim 2: “The exact number of those killed and injured is unclear, but Klitchko said at least 10 people had been taken to hospital, including a child.”

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Multiple web search results cite Mayor Klitschko providing updates on hospitalizations. One source mentions '10 people, including a pregnant woman, were hospitalized,' and another mentions '10 people, including a child, were hospitalized.' The general claim that Klitschko provided updates on hospitalizations including children is supported by multiple reports.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Wladimir Klitschko (born 25 March 1976) is a Ukrainian former professional boxer who competed from 1996 to 2017. He held multiple heavyweight world championships between 2000 and 2015, including unifi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wladimir_Klitschko

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Claim 3: “Ukraine's Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko later confirmed that people had been taken hostage in a supermarket and that the attacker shot at police officers before being killed.”

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Two distinct web search results attribute the confirmation of hostages in a supermarket and the attacker's subsequent death to Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. The first web search result explicitly states this confirmation.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In early June 2023, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Ukraine launched an offensive (commonly, although technically incorrectly, referred to as a "counteroffensive") against Russian forces occupying its…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2023_Ukrainian_counteroffensiv…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ihor Volodymyrovych Klymenko (Ukrainian: Ігор Володимирович Клименко, IPA: [ˈiɦor woloˈdɪmɪrowɪtʃ klɪˈmɛnko]; born 25 October 1972) is a Ukrainian police general serving as the minister of internal af…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ihor_Klymenko

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 10 May 2024, the Russian Armed Forces began an offensive operation in Ukraine's Kharkiv Oblast, shelling and attempting to breach the defenses of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the direction of Vovc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northern_Kharkiv_Oblast_front_…

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Claim 4: “The incident happened in the southern Holosiivskyi district, Kyiv's police force wrote on Telegram.”

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Two separate web search results report that the incident occurred in the Holosiivskyi district of Kyiv, and both mention that the information was reported via Telegram by Kyiv Police.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 12 November 2022, following the conclusion of Ukraine's Kherson and Kharkiv counteroffensives, to 7 June 2023, the day before the 2023 U…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 January to 31 May 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 June 2025 to 31 August 2025.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…

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