UAV event in Kyiv, Shevchenkivskyi District area, Ukraine on Wed 2nd September 2026

Ten injured, university and residential buildings damaged in Russian attacks on Kyiv – photo.

Ten people were injured in Russian attacks on Kyiv on 2 September. A university building, five residential buildings, a kindergarten and warehouse facilities were damaged.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; Kyiv City Military Administration; President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Kyiv City Prosecutor's Office

Update: Klitschko said the number of people injured has risen to 10. Nine of them have been taken to hospital.

Details: Earlier, the Prosecutor's Office reported that as of 14:00, nine people had been injured in the Russian drone attack on the capital.

According to the Prosecutor's Office, a university building, five residential buildings, a kindergarten and warehouse facilities were damaged. None of the university students were among those injured.

The consequences of the Russian attacks were recorded in the Holosiivskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts of Kyiv.

Law enforcement officers have launched an investigation into this war crime.

Details: A Russian UAV struck a six-storey residential block in the Shevchenkivskyi district. According to Klitschko, the strike partially destroyed the building.

Quote from Klitschko: "Part of a six-storey residential building has collapsed in the Shevchenkivskyi district after being hit by a UAV.

A fire has also broken out in a three-storey building nearby. Fire and rescue crews are at the scene."

Details: Kyiv City Military Administration reported that a fire had broken out on the premises of an educational institution in the Holosiivskyi district, while a medical facility had been damaged in the Shevchenkivskyi district.

A fire broke out in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi district after debris from a drone landed there. Kyiv City Military Administration later said the fire was on the premises of an educational facility.

Zelenskyy said later that Russian Shahed drones hit a university in Kyiv specifically while classes were underway. He said that 160 students were in shelter when the attack took place.