Russian drone strikes hit residential and office buildings in Kyiv, killing seven and injuring 57
Russian drone strikes hit multiple buildings across Kyiv on Friday, 25 September, including a multi-storey residential building in the Pechersk district and an office building in the Solomiansky district. At least seven people were killed and at least 57 injured, including two children, with casualty figures rising over the course of the day. The Higher Council of Justice building was also damaged.
Key points
- A Russian jet drone struck a multi-storey residential building in Kyiv's Pechersk district on the morning of 25 September at the level of floors 7–10.
- A Russian drone hit an office building in the Solomiansky district; four people were killed there, including a 17-year-old boy among at least 10 injured.
- A teenager was among those killed in the Pechersk district strike.
- The Higher Council of Justice building was damaged in the day's drone attacks.
- A drone-danger air-raid alert was declared in Kyiv shortly before the Pechersk strike.
- Earlier in the night of 25 September, a separate Russian drone attack injured one person and dropped debris on a 25-storey building in the Solomiansky district.
- Total casualties reported by Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko rose over the day to seven killed and 57 injured, including two children, with 25 hospitalized.
Why it matters
The strikes hit residential and civilian infrastructure in central Kyiv, including the Higher Council of Justice building. A teenager was among those killed, and the day's casualty figures climbed repeatedly, ending at seven dead and 57 injured, including two children — underscoring the toll on civilians from Russia's ongoing drone campaign against the capital.
What happened
On the morning of Friday, 25 September, a Russian jet drone struck a multi-storey residential building in the Pechersk district of Kyiv at the level of floors 7–10, after a drone-danger air-raid alert had been declared. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported the hit. A teenager was killed in that strike. The same day's attacks also saw a Russian drone hit an office building in the Solomiansky district; four people were killed there — two on the street near the building, one inside, and one in a car on the parking lot — with at least 10 injured, including a 17-year-old boy. The Higher Council of Justice building was also damaged in the day's drone attacks. Earlier in the night, a separate Russian drone attack had injured one person and dropped debris on a 25-storey building in the Solomiansky district. Over the course of 25 September, Mayor Klitschko reported successively higher casualty totals — 31, then 43, then 46, then 57 injured — with the death toll rising from an initial count of four or five to seven by the end of the day. Twenty-five people were hospitalized, including two children. Police, rescuers, and medics worked at the strike sites, providing aid, clearing debris, and documenting the attack as a war crime.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
All the supplied sources are Ukrainian media and agencies. They report the attacks as Russian drone strikes on Kyiv, citing Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko as the primary official source for casualty updates throughout the day. Coverage emphasizes the impact on civilian sites — a residential high-rise in Pechersk, an office building in Solomiansky, and the Higher Council of Justice building — as well as the presence of police, rescuers, and medics working at the strike sites and documenting the attack as a war crime.
Where reporting differs
Reports diverge on the total number of people injured in Kyiv from the 25 September attacks: Klitschko's successive tallies over the day gave 31, 39, 43, 46, and finally 57 injured. The death toll was reported first as four or five, then later as seven.
Background
A drone-danger air-raid alert was declared in Kyiv shortly before the Pechersk strike. Earlier in the night of 25 September, a separate Russian drone attack injured one person and dropped debris on a 25-storey building in the Solomiansky district, foreshadowing the heavier daytime attacks that followed.