Zelensky: Russia launched over 2,200 drones, 1,650 bombs, 38 missiles at Ukraine this week
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky reported on September 27 that Russia launched more than 2,200 strike drones, approximately 1,650 aerial bombs, and 38 missiles at Ukraine during the week. Overnight and morning strikes hit residential buildings, energy infrastructure, and other civilian sites across at least eight oblasts, with a Kyiv data center struck twice. Casualties were reported in several regions, including children injured in the capital.
Key points
- Russia launched over 2,200 strike drones, approximately 1,650 aerial bombs, and 38 missiles at Ukraine during the week, Zelensky reported on September 27.
- A significant portion of the 38 missiles were ballistic.
- Overnight strikes hit residential buildings, energy and other civilian infrastructure in Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Poltava, Zhytomyr, and Kyiv oblasts.
- Russian forces struck a data center in Kyiv twice in the morning; the first strike injured three people, including two children.
- Three people were killed by shelling in Zaporizhzhia Oblast during the night; one man was killed by a drone strike in Kyiv.
- Zelensky said Ukraine lacks a consistently strong position from China, India, Brazil, South Africa, G20 countries, and the Global South, while continuing to work with European, U.S., Canadian, Japanese, Australian and other partners on defense.
Why it matters
The weekly tally underscores the escalating tempo of Russian long-range strikes on Ukraine and puts a concrete figure — over 2,200 drones, roughly 1,650 bombs and 38 missiles in a single week — on the pressure being absorbed by Ukrainian air defenses and civilian infrastructure. Hits on a Kyiv data center struck twice in one morning, alongside residential and energy targets across at least eight oblasts, illustrate that the campaign is reaching deep into the country's civilian systems. Zelensky is using these figures both to rally Western partners and to press Global South governments for a stronger stance.
What happened
Speaking in his morning address on September 27, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported that during the preceding week Russian forces had launched more than 2,200 strike drones, approximately 1,650 aerial bombs and 38 missiles of various types against Ukraine, with a significant share of the missiles being ballistic. Overnight strikes hit residential buildings, energy infrastructure and other civilian sites in Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Kherson, Poltava, Zhytomyr and Kyiv oblasts. Russian forces struck a data center in Kyiv twice in the morning; the first strike injured three people, including two children. In Zaporizhzhia Oblast three people were killed by shelling during the night, and a man was killed by a drone strike in Kyiv.
Background
The weekly strike statistics were announced by Zelensky in his morning address on September 27. A significant portion of the 38 missiles launched during the week were ballistic. Russian forces struck a data center in Kyiv twice the same morning; the first strike injured three people, including two children.