Russian drone raids wound five in Kyiv as alerts sound across the capital
Russian drones struck Kyiv on Sept. 26, injuring at least five people and prompting a series of air-raid alerts.
Russian forces launched a wave of drone strikes on Kyiv on Sept. 26, resulting in at least five civilian injuries and a cascade of five air-raid alerts throughout the city. The most severe damage occurred in the Solomianskyi district, where a drone hit a five-storey apartment building, forcing the evacuation of 20 occupants and igniting a roof fire on a nearby office block. Additional fires erupted in Darnytskyi, Obolonskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts, the latter affecting a shopping and entertainment centre.
This assault follows attacks on Sept. 25 that killed seven people, including a 14-year-old Israeli boy, and injured 59, two of them children. Ukrainian officials note an increased use of fast jet-powered drones such as the Geran-5, prompting development of interceptor drones, though mass production has not been announced.
Why it matters
The strikes highlight the escalating threat of Russian jet-powered drones to Kyiv’s civilian population and infrastructure.
How this story developed
- Aug 14 Russia claims strikes on Ukrainian rail hub and vessels as drones hit Russian ports
- Sep 15 Ukrainian troops repelled a Russian assault on Lyman.
- Sep 16 Lavrov announced Russia's readiness to resume US‑Ukraine‑Russia negotiations and a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the UN General Assembly.
- Sep 16 A new drone attack on a bus has increased the civilian death toll in the latest wave of strikes.
- Sep 17 A fourth Russian strike on the Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works wounded a worker.
- Sep 17 A Russian jet‑drone strike near the Polish‑Ukrainian border triggered air‑defence alerts and fighter scrambles.
- Sep 19 Tusk invoked NATO’s Article 4 and announced a trip to Kyiv.
- Sep 20 Power supplies were cut for thousands of households in the Odessa region after the latest missile and drone barrage.
- Sep 21 Russian drones struck Zaporizhzhia, injuring five and causing fires, while a woman was killed in the Kharkiv region and a mother with two children died in the Kyiv region.
- Sep 23 Russia fired multiple waves of ballistic missiles at Kiev overnight, causing at least two deaths and six injuries.
- Sep 24 The wave of strikes expanded beyond Kyiv to hit Odessa and the Kharkiv region, raising the death toll.
- Sep 24 The Russian attack involved 282 drones and several missiles, according to the Ukrainian air force.
- Sep 25 Ukrainian commanders announced further territorial gains around Lyman since the initial report.
- Sep 25 Mayor Vitali Klitschko updated the death toll to seven and the injury count to 46.
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