Russian drone strikes Kyiv office building, killing 4 and injuring 7

On the afternoon of September 25, a Russian drone attacked an office building in the Solomianskyi district of Kyiv. Four people are A Russian drone struck an office building in Kyiv on Friday afternoon, killing four people and injuring seven others, including a child, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

The drone hit a building in Kyiv’s Solomianskyi district, damaging its facade and shattering windows. Three of those killed were found in a parking lot outside the office building. The death toll later rose to four.

Emergency crews extinguished a fire at the parking lot.

Ukrainian telecommunications company DataGroup said its data center was damaged in the attack, but no employees were injured. The company said customer data remained secure and services continued operating from backup facilities.

Ukraine’s Air Force had warned at around 2:30 p.m. that jet-powered drones were heading toward Kyiv. Explosions were reported in the capital shortly afterward.