The war has penetrated the souls of teachers and scientists, engineering and technical workers, and students of our university from the first day of the Russian Federation's aggressive invasion. However, the spirit of resistance, which grows stronger every day through the struggle for Ukraine's freedom from the onslaught of bloodthirsty invaders, is indestructible. Many KPI graduates are defending Ukraine on the front lines against the invaders from the east.
The KPI community is once again demonstrating its unity! Need examples? On the night of June 17, 2025, Kyiv suffered another massive combined attack by enemy drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles, resulting in many casualties and, unfortunately, deaths. During this attack, buildings and structures of Igor Sikorsky KPI were damaged, in particular, the historic building of educational building No. 4, dormitories, and the Scientific and Technical Library of Igor Sikorsky KPI. However, the insidious enemy did not calm down. On the night of June 22-23, 2025, Kyiv experienced another drone and missile attack from the Russian Federation. As a result, the Igor Sikorsky KPI campus suffered significant damage. Enemy fire damaged several academic buildings, four dormitories, and the Sports Complex. There were no casualties. Thus, within one week—June 17 and 23—the university campus was hit twice.
“As a result of the enemy attack on the night of June 22-23, 2025, 12 buildings on the university campus were damaged, and more than 560 windows and doors need to be replaced,” said by Oleksandr Myronchuk, Vice Rector for Infrastructure Development at Igor Sikorsky KPI. “Work to replace the broken glass with available resources is being carried out by the university's technical staff.”
University students took the most active part in eliminating the consequences of the enemy attack. Despite their exam workload, they immediately after the attacks went out and then went out every day to clean up and dismantle the damaged structures. Thus, the KPI community once again proved its resilience and unity. Thank you to everyone!
At the same time, despite the trials, the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute students are not lacking in optimism. A striking example is a post on her Facebook page by Yevheniia Chvertko, associate professor of the Department of Welding Production at the E.O. Paton Electric Welding Institute. On June 23, she addressed her friends with an interesting thought: "Another restless night in Kyiv, resulting in damage to the academic buildings and dormitories of my alma mater, the Kyiv Polytechnic Institute.
I am not a big fan of the theory of signs, but this particular attack resulted in numerous blows to welding. The academic building of the Department of Welding Production was damaged, the former Institute of Welding Production was severely damaged, and the offices of the authorized body of the International Institute of Welding were damaged.
In the photo: cleaning and eliminating the consequences of an enemy attack on the night of June 22-23, 2025Ironically, yesterday marked the start of the 78th annual assembly of the International Institute of Welding, so perhaps this can be seen as an unintended greeting from their former member country.
Yevgenia Petrivna, who was a member of the Board of Directors of the International Institute of Welding (IIW) and the European Federation for Welding, Joining and Cutting, has a great sense of humor. After all, humor can serve as a means of relieving psychological tension and contributing to the effectiveness of joint efforts to overcome the consequences of missile attacks by a military aggressor.
Therefore, dear KPI students, we must continue to overcome all obstacles that stand in the way of the university's development, and to do this, we must continue to unite so as not to allow the enemy to destroy our homeland and our alma mater!