Russia strikes Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight, damaging buildings in three districts
On the night of September 25, Russia struck Kyiv with missiles and drones, damaging buildings in the Solomianskyi, Podilskyi and Pecherskyi districts and injuring at least one person. A 25-storey residential building in Solomianskyi was hit at the 4th floor, and drone strikes also ignited fires at non-residential buildings in Solomianskyi and Podilskyi. Traffic was closed on Vadym Hetman Street and several trolleybus routes were rerouted.
Key points
- Russia struck Kyiv with missiles and drones overnight on September 25, 2026.
- In the Solomianskyi district, a drone hit a 25-storey residential building at the level of the 4th floor.
- In the Solomianskyi district, drone debris caused a fire near a non-residential building; in Podilskyi, a six-storey non-residential building burned on the 1st and 2nd floors.
- Mayor Klitschko reported a drone hit a residential high-rise in the Pecherskyi district at the 7th–10th floors around 08:00.
- At least one person was injured in Kyiv.
- In Kyiv Oblast, strikes hit three districts: a woodworking enterprise in Boryspil, a warehouse in Brovary, and three private houses and four cars in Obukhiv.
- An air-raid alert was declared in Kyiv at 04:27; Ukrainian air defense shot down 267 of 295 drones launched from the evening of September 24.
- Traffic on Vadym Hetman Street was closed and trolleybus routes No. 22k, 27, 30 and 42 were rerouted.
Why it matters
The strike hit multiple districts of Ukraine's capital, including a densely populated residential area — a 25-storey building in Solomianskyi — and followed another major Russian attack on Kyiv the previous night that killed two and injured nine, pointing to an escalation in the tempo of strikes on the capital. Ukrainian air defense intercepted 267 of 295 drones launched from the evening of September 24, illustrating both the scale of the overnight barrages and the role of air-defense interception in limiting damage. Strikes extended beyond Kyiv into three districts of Kyiv Oblast, hitting civilian infrastructure including a woodworking enterprise, warehouses and private homes.
What happened
On the night of September 25, 2026, Russia struck Kyiv with missiles and drones. An air-raid alert was declared in Kyiv at 04:27, and media reported explosions in the capital around 04:00, shortly after the Air Force had warned of UAVs moving toward the city. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported via Telegram that a drone had fallen on a non-residential building in the Solomianskyi district and declared a missile danger, urging residents to take shelter.
Preliminary reports indicated a drone hit a 25-storey residential building in Solomianskyi at the level of the 4th floor. In the same district, drone debris ignited a fire on open ground near a non-residential building, with at least one person reported injured. In the Podilskyi district, a drone struck a non-residential building; a six-storey non-residential building there burned on the 1st and 2nd floors. In the Pecherskyi district, around 08:00 in the morning, a drone hit a residential high-rise at the 7th–10th floors, according to Mayor Klitschko; the Air Force reported a jet-powered drone over the city around that time.
In Kyiv Oblast, Russian strikes hit three districts: a woodworking enterprise caught fire in the Boryspil district, a warehouse building was damaged in the Brovary district, and three private houses and four passenger cars were damaged in the Obukhiv district. No casualties were initially reported in the region. Ukrainian air defense shot down 267 of 295 drones Russia launched from the evening of September 24. In Kyiv, rescuers extinguished all fires that broke out in two districts, and at least one person was injured in the city.
The morning of September 25 saw traffic closed on Vadym Hetman Street in the Solomianskyi district. Trolleybus routes were rerouted: No. 22k and No. 27 ran to the Industrialny overpass, No. 30 ran between Miloslavska and Dehtiarivska streets, and No. 42 ran toward Pochaina metro station up to Dehtiarivska Street and in the reverse direction from Lybidska metro station to the Industrialny overpass.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
All sources covering the strike are Ukrainian media and agencies, and they uniformly attribute the attack to Russia, framing it as a deliberate strike on the capital. Coverage centers on the domestic impact: the districts affected, the damage to residential and non-residential buildings, the single reported injury in Kyiv, the traffic closures and trolleybus rerouting, and the work of rescuers from the State Emergency Service (ДСНС). Mayor Klitschko and the Air Force of the Armed Forces are heavily cited as the primary authoritative voices. Damage in Kyiv Oblast — in the Boryspil, Brovary and Obukhiv districts — is described with specific local detail, emphasizing the geographic spread of the attack.
Where reporting differs
Sources differ on the exact floor level at which a drone struck the residential high-rise. Several reports cite a hit on the 25-storey building in the Solomianskyi district at the 4th floor, while Mayor Klitschko's statement refers to a drone hitting a multi-storey building in the Pecherskyi district at the 7th–10th floors — the two claims concern different districts. Some sources also treat the Pecherskyi district hit as part of the main overnight attack, while others describe it as a separate morning event around 08:00, with its own timing and damage details.
Background
Russia has repeatedly targeted Kyiv with combined missile and drone strikes during the war, with nighttime barrages becoming a regular pattern. The September 25 strike followed another major Russian attack on Kyiv and the region on the night of September 24, which used ballistic missiles, killed two people and injured nine.