Russian strikes kill civilians in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Sumy regions

Russian forces struck several regions of Ukraine, killing and injuring civilians. In Kyiv, a man’s body was found while firefighters were putting out a blaze in a non-residential building, while two people were killed in Sumy after strikes on the city centre.

According to Ukraine’s Air Force, Russia launched 170 attack drones from Saturday evening. Air defences shot down 147 of them; impacts were recorded at 18 locations and falling debris at eight others.

Damage and casualties in Kyiv

A drone hit a non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district, injuring at least four people, including a woman and two 16-year-old children. In the Darnytskyi district, a drone struck a nine-storey apartment building, while debris in Solomianskyi damaged an educational facility and a fire broke out at a service station.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said seven people were injured in Saturday’s attacks in the capital. In Vyshneve, Kyiv region, one person was killed and three injured; falling drone debris damaged five cars.

Deaths in Zaporizhzhia region

A drone struck a private-sector house in Zaporizhzhia’s Shevchenkivskyi district, killing one person and injuring another. A man was killed and a woman injured in Komyshuvakha, while a strike on a moving car in Novotavriiske killed a man and a woman.

A production workshop, warehouses, lorries, a hotel, a medical facility, a shop and a residential building were also damaged in the region. More than 140 rescue workers were involved in the response.

Strikes in Sumy and the region

On Sunday afternoon, Russian forces hit central Sumy with three air bombs. One strike hit the grounds of a specialised children’s home; two people were killed, including a 16-year-old girl, and at least five were injured.

In Sumy municipality, a guided-air-bomb strike killed a 42-year-old man, while information about a second fatality was still being clarified. Twenty-eight people were injured, including four children. From the morning of September 26 to the morning of September 27, the region came under more than 90 attacks affecting 26 settlements.