Russian drones hit Kyiv overnight, killing one and injuring three across two districts
Russian drones struck the Solomianskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of Kyiv overnight on 27 September, igniting fires at a warehouse, an auto service station and other non-residential buildings. One man was killed and three people were injured, including two 16-year-old teenagers.
Key points
- In Solomianskyi district, a drone hit a warehouse building and started a fire; emergency services worked at the scene, Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported.
- At another address in Solomianskyi, a drone ignited a single-story auto service station (СТО); firefighters prevented the blaze from spreading to an adjacent catering establishment and extinguished it around 3 a.m.
- At a separate Solomianskyi address, a drone struck a non-residential building where rescuers later found the body of a man.
- In Shevchenkivskyi district in the morning of 27 September, a drone hit a non-residential building; a woman and two 16-year-old teenagers were injured and hospitalized.
- Overall, one man was killed and three people were injured in the 27 September strikes on Kyiv.
- The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (ДСНС) reported the strikes, fires and fatality in Solomianskyi district.
Why it matters
At least one civilian was killed and three others — including two 16-year-old minors — were injured in overnight Russian drone strikes on Kyiv. Multiple non-residential sites across two districts caught fire, continuing a pattern of repeated large-scale drone attacks on the capital in late September.
What happened
During the night of 27 September, Russian drones hit targets in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district. A drone struck a warehouse building and started a fire; Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said emergency services were on site. At another Solomianskyi address, a drone ignited a single-story auto service station (СТО); firefighters prevented the fire from spreading to a neighboring catering establishment and put it out around 3 a.m. At a separate address in the same district, a drone hit another non-residential building, and rescuers discovered the body of a man during firefighting. In the morning, a drone struck a non-residential building in Shevchenkivskyi district, injuring a woman and two 16-year-old teenagers, all of whom were hospitalized. Across the 27 September strikes on Kyiv, one man was killed and three people were injured. The events were reported by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine (ДСНС) and by Mayor Klitschko.
Where reporting differs
Sources do not fully agree on the first building struck in Solomianskyi district: several early reports call it simply a 'warehouse' (складська будівля), while later, more detailed accounts describe one fire at a single-story auto service station (СТО) and another at a separate non-residential building initially also described as a 'warehouse'. Some outlets also reported that drone debris fell on an educational institution building in Solomianskyi district, but this is not reflected in the more detailed emergency-services and mayor's timeline, which lists fires at a warehouse, the СТО and another non-residential building instead.
Background
The 27 September strikes came amid a sustained Russian drone campaign on Kyiv. On 25 September, a mass Russian drone strike on Kyiv hit an office building in the Solomianskyi district and a residential building in the Pechersk district, killing seven people and wounding 59. On the evening of 26 September, drone hits or falling debris were recorded in three districts of Kyiv, with seven people reported affected during the day. Separately, the Ukrainian logistics company Zammler said a Russian strike destroyed one of its warehouses with no casualties; the company had announced on 1 September that LLC 'Zammler Sklad' had stopped operating. On the morning of 27 September, Klitschko also reported that 'Shakhed' reactive drones had struck a non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district.