A Russian attack on Kyiv caused a fire in a residential building and injured two people.
Russian forces struck Kyiv on 15 September, injuring two people and igniting fires in the Sviatoshynskyi district. The attack is part of a sustained campaign of jet-powered drone strikes that has killed at least six civilians in the capital since late August, as Russia uses faster Shahed-type drones to overwhelm Ukrainian air defences.
Russian drone strikes killed two in Kyiv on 8 September and injured many more in recent days, as Moscow fires hundreds of jet-powered Shahed drones daily. The faster Geran-4 drones overwhelm Ukrainian defences, forcing daytime alerts and stretching emergency services.
Russia's intensified drone campaign, using faster jet-powered Shaheds, hit a residential building in Boryspil on 4 September, injuring two. The attacks, which have included 800 jet drones in four days, have injured dozens and caused widespread fires across Kyiv and other regions since late August.
A morning drone attack on Kyiv Oblast on 2 September injured two people and damaged warehouses. The strike is part of a five-day wave in which Russia has launched 800 jet-powered drones across Ukraine, killing civilians and straining defences.
Russia launched 800 jet-powered drones into Ukraine over four days, hitting residential areas in Kyiv, Sumy, and Donetsk Oblast. The attacks killed at least three civilians, including a child, and injured others, as Kyiv endured hours of air alerts. The new faster Shahed models overwhelm Ukraine's air defence, signalling an escalation in Russia's campaign.
A Russian drone attack on Kyiv on 29 August killed a two-year-old girl and injured several. Over two days, strikes caused fires in residential and commercial buildings across the capital and region.