Undefined Explosive Device (UED) event in Kyiv, Kyjevo-Svyatoshyns'kyi District area, Ukraine on Thu 17th September 2026

Russian strike on Kyiv damages buildings, injures 16 including two children.

Russian forces have launched a missile attack on the city of Kyiv, damaging an office building and residential buildings in two districts. At least 16 people have been injured, including two children.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko; Kyiv City Military Administration

Quote from Kyiv City Military Administration: "Four people are known to have been injured, including a 10-year-old girl. Everyone is receiving the necessary medical treatment."

Update as of 08:29: The National Police reported that the number of people injured has risen to 16, including two children: a 10-year-old girl and a 12-year-old boy. Most of those injured are residents of a 16-storey building in the Dniprovskyi district damaged in the Russian strike.

Details: Klitschko said that according to early reports, debris had fallen at several locations in the Dniprovskyi district. An office building and a residential building were damaged. Debris also fell on the premises of warehouses and near a petrol station.

In addition, early reports indicated that a non-residential building had been hit in the Sviatoshynskyi district.

A warehouse building was reportedly damaged in the Solomianskyi district.

Update: As of 04:39, Klitschko said that 12 people had been injured in the attack on Kyiv, including two children aged 10 and 12.

Nine people are in hospital.