Gunman kills five and wounds 10 in Kyiv, Zelensky says

Published April 18, 2026 12:52pm ET



At least five people were killed, and 10 were wounded by a gunman in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday.

The mass shooting appeared to be at random, with footage showing the gunman shooting anyone he came across. After shooting several people, he entered a supermarket where he took several hostages. A Ukrainian counter-terrorism team stormed the building and killed him shortly after.

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