💥 Attack

A major Russian strike on Kyiv killed 12 people and injured 19, featuring the extensive use of hard-to-intercept Banderole jet-powered missiles.

Kyiv, Kyiv

Date note: The strike occurred between September 1 and 2; the start of the period is used as the date.

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Source Reports

On Sept. 1–2 in Kyiv a big strike killed 12 and injured 19. Jet-powered Banderole (hard-to-intercept) widely used.

Russia attacked the capital once again overnight, causing strikes on civilian infrastructure facilities and residential areas.

The attack was likely a Russian missile strike on a railway depot and other railway facilities.

A residential building in the Solomianskyi district was partially destroyed after being hit by a drone.

State Emergency Service personnel deal with the aftermath of a Russian drone strike on the Misto Kvitiv (“City of Flowers”) residential complex, September 1, 2026. According to reports from the State Emergency Service, three people were injured in the attack.

Russian ballistic missiles struck a railway depot and other railway facilities in Kyiv on the night of September 1.

Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, chairman of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia, reported the attack on Facebook.

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire caused by a Russian drone strike at the Misto Kvitiv residential complex in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 1, 2026.

In Boryspil, Kyiv region, a residential five-story building was damaged and 50 people were evacuated. Four people were killed and 13 injured in the city, Zelensky reported on X.

Russian forces launched a massive air attack on Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast using ballistic missiles and drones.

Bomb disposal experts defused an unexploded warhead from a Russian S-400 missile, containing 180 kg of explosive material, which fell in a residential area of Kyiv last night.

The unexploded ordnance was found by residents of the Darnytskyi district.

Experts from the bomb disposal unit established that it contained around 180 kg of explosive material and projectiles.

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Source story: day-1-2026-09-09