Russian drone strikes 9-story residential building in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district
On 27 September, a Russian jet/reaction drone struck a 9-story residential building in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv at the level of the 4th–5th floors, starting a fire that spread to apartments above. At least one woman was reported injured. The same attack wave hit an administrative building in the Holosiivskyi district and scattered drone debris across other parts of the city.
Key points
- Russian drone hit a 9-story residential building on Revutskoho Street in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district on 27 September at 17:12.
- Strike occurred at the level of the 4th–5th floors; fire spread to apartments above the point of impact.
- At least one woman injured; she received medical assistance on the spot, according to the KMVA report at 17:38.
- Some windows in the building were blown out by the strike.
- Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported the strike; the fire was later extinguished.
- Same attack wave hit a 4-story non-residential / administrative building in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district.
- Drone debris fell on a kindergarten in Darnytskyi, a park in Holosiivskyi, and caused cars to burn in Solomianskyi.
Why it matters
A Russian drone directly hit a residential high-rise in the Ukrainian capital, setting apartments on fire and injuring at least one civilian. The same wave also struck an administrative building in Holosiivskyi and scattered debris across multiple Kyiv districts, underlining the continuing risk to civilians from nightly drone attacks on the city.
What happened
On the evening of 27 September, at 17:12, a Russian jet/reaction drone described as Shahed-type struck a 9-story residential building on Revutskoho Street in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district, across from Soniachne Lake. The impact hit at the level of the 4th–5th floors, starting a fire that spread to apartments above and blew out part of the windows. Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported the strike, said emergency services were heading to the scene, and later confirmed the fire had been extinguished. The Kyiv City Military Administration (KMVA) said in a Telegram message that one woman was injured and received medical assistance on the spot; her condition was reported at 17:38. During the same attack wave, another drone hit an administrative building in the Holosiivskyi district. Drone debris also fell on the grounds of a kindergarten in Darnytskyi, on a park in Holosiivskyi, and set cars on fire in the Solomianskyi district. Information about further casualties was still being clarified at the time of reporting.
How Ukrainian sources describe it
All supplied sources are Ukrainian outlets and agencies, and they uniformly attribute the strike to a Russian drone — in some cases using the politically loaded term "Russian occupiers" rather than neutral military phrasing. Reporting consistently names the Kyiv City Military Administration and Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko as the official sources. Coverage centres the civilian impact: the residential building hit, the fire spreading through multiple apartments, the injured woman, and drone debris falling on a kindergarten, a park and burning cars.
Background
The Darnytskyi district building hit on 27 September stands on Revutskoho Street, across from Soniachne Lake, and was struck at the level of the 4th–5th floors at 17:12. Earlier the same day, a man was killed in Kyiv and a woman and two teenagers were injured in the Shevchenkivskyi district after a drone hit a non-residential building. A Russian drone had caused a fire in a 5-story building in the Solomianskyi district the day before, on 26 September. Going back further, a Russian drone struck a multi-story building in Pechersk on 25 September, and a 24-story building in the Darnytskyi district on 9 September.