A series of heavy Russian attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region on September 24 and 25 caused widespread damage, casualties, and injuries to civilians, infrastructure, and historical sites.
In Kyiv, continuous drone and missile strikes impacted multiple districts, including Solomianskyi, Pecherskyi, Podilskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, and Obolonskyi. By midday on September 25, the death toll in the capital had risen to seven people, with 46 others injured, 25 of whom required hospitalization. Among the casualties and injured were children, including a 14-year-old boy who was killed in a strike, a 9-year-old child among 17 injured during an attack on the High Council of Justice building, and Nazar Stepanyuk, a defenseman for Ukraine’s U18 hockey team and Kherson’s “Dnipro” club, who was seriously wounded in the shelling and required surgery.
The attacks targeted various locations across the city. An office building in the Solomianskyi district suffered a direct drone strike that shattered windows, damaged its facade, and sparked a fire in a parking lot where three bodies were discovered. Other residential and non-residential buildings, high-rises, medical facilities, and the building of the High Council of Justice—which was forced to temporarily suspend operations—were struck or damaged.
Historic and commercial properties also sustained significant damage. On September 24, the 120-year-old Saint Protection Church in the Podilskyi district suffered damage to its domes, windows, and historic yellow brick facade. Several local businesses and enterprises were hit or destroyed, including a production facility for a pie shop network, the main facility and warehouse of “TK-Domashnii Tekstyl,” and the Dukachi jewelry enterprise, which was completely destroyed.
In the broader Kyiv region, strikes affected three districts overnight, damaging nine facilities in total, including warehouse and production infrastructure in the Brovaryi and Boryspil districts, and private households and vehicles in the Obukhiv district, though no injuries were immediately reported in the region.
