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Russian Drones Strike Kyiv, Killing 2, Injuring 43

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In Short: Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv on September 23, killing two people and injuring at least 43, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The attacks occurred during rush hour, forcing schoolchildren and others to seek shelter in the city's metro system.

Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv on September 23, killing two people and injuring at least 43, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The attacks occurred during rush hour, forcing schoolchildren and others to seek shelter in the city's metro system.

The strikes targeted various parts of the city, including the Solomianskyi district where a 9-story residential building was hit. In the Holosiivskyi district, a drone crashed into a four-story business center, while a fire broke out in a warehouse in the Darnytskyi district.

Smoke was visible from the city center following the attacks, with internet providers reporting network outages after Russian strikes damaged data centers of Pavutina and UTELS. About 100,000 households in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast experienced internet connection issues.

A fire broke out in the historic railway market 'Shayba' near the Kyiv Central Station, a round structure built in the 1970s as an experimental indoor market. Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, chairman of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia, confirmed that railway infrastructure was struck, injuring one worker.

The Kyiv Independent reported that Russian forces launched 161 Shahed-type attack drones, including jet-powered versions, as well as decoy drones. Kyiv residents endured eight air raid alerts since midnight as Russia sent waves of drones to the Ukrainian capital.

The attacks also damaged railway infrastructure and residential buildings, with Klitschko noting that Kyiv authorities lack the resources to build shelters at every gas station and face a shortage of weapons needed to intercept Russian drones and missiles.

The Kyiv City Military Administration reported that Russian attacks over the past day damaged 18 facilities in Kyiv Oblast, injuring three people, including a 76-year-old man.

Klitschko emphasized that the damaged building in Solomianskyi district will be repaired and that the Russians will receive a painful response to their strikes, including more special operations and destroyed enemies.

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Background

What's confirmed

• Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv on September 23, killing two people and injuring at least 43, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The attacks occurred during rush hour, forcing schoolchildren and others to seek shelter in the city's metro system.
• The strikes targeted various parts of the city, including the Solomianskyi district where a 9-story residential building was hit. In the Holosiivskyi district, a drone crashed into a four-story business center, while a fire broke out in a warehouse in the Darnytskyi district.
• Smoke was visible from the city center following the attacks, with internet providers reporting network outages after Russian strikes damaged data centers of Pavutina and UTELS. About 100,000 households in Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast experienced internet connection issues.
• A fire broke out in the historic railway market 'Shayba' near the Kyiv Central Station, a round structure built in the 1970s as an experimental indoor market. Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, chairman of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia, confirmed that railway infrastructure was struck, injuring one worker.
• The Kyiv Independent reported that Russian forces launched 161 Shahed-type attack drones, including jet-powered versions, as well as decoy drones. Kyiv residents endured eight air raid alerts since midnight as Russia sent waves of drones to the Ukrainian capital.
• The attacks also damaged railway infrastructure and residential buildings, with Klitschko noting that Kyiv authorities lack the resources to build shelters at every gas station and face a shortage of weapons needed to intercept Russian drones and missiles.
• The Kyiv City Military Administration reported that Russian attacks over the past day damaged 18 facilities in Kyiv Oblast, injuring three people, including a 76-year-old man.
• Klitschko emphasized that the damaged building in Solomianskyi district will be repaired and that the Russians will receive a painful response to their strikes, including more special operations and destroyed enemies.

What's still developing

• It turned out to be just a Shahed, and it struck somewhere nearby," Khrystyna, a resident of Solomianskyi district, told the Kyiv Independent. "And at 10 AM, they were posting about active Shahed launches—that the Shaheds were heading for the center, for Solomianskyi.
• "The Russians launched many drones against the city, a significant number of them jet-powered. Russia continues to turn civilian and critical infrastructure into targets: pharmaceutical facilities, gas stations, railways, communications infrastructure, and shopping malls," Zelensky wrote on X.
• His mother’s ancestors were from historic Armenian lands in the Ottoman Empire, and his father’s from those on the Russian side of the border.
• The president said he had instructed the SBU chief to prepare an appropriate and significant response to the Russian attack.
• The original estate was eventually demolished, and construction of a major building for the representative bodies of Kyiv Governorate began in 1913 under architect Volodymyr Shchuko.
• HOT: » Bulgaria's Summer Ritual: We Kill Each Other on the Roads, Then We Forget A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukraine ’s Security Service, known as the SBU, in central Kyiv on Sept.
• Later figures from the Kyiv City Military Administration put the number of injured at 12, seven of whom had been hospitalized.

Sources

• Kyivindependentlink
• Vanityfairlink
• Novinitelink
• The Indian Expresslink
• Dailysabahlink
• Sofxlink
• Newspressnowlink
• Kyivpostlink
• WarpBeat — background on Belarus Reactivates Relays Helping Russian Drones Strike Deeper Into Ukraine, Kyiv Says link
• WarpBeat — background on Belarus Reactivates Relays for Russian Drones in Ukraine link
• The Daily Jagran — video link