UAV event in Kyiv, Obolonskyi District area, Ukraine on Wed 30th September 2026

30th September 2026

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Russian drone crashes into playground in Kyiv without detonating – photos, video.

A Russian attack drone crashed just outside a children's playground in Kyiv's Obolonskyi district on the afternoon of 30 September.

Source: local Telegram channels; member of parliament Volodymyr Ariev

Quote from Ariev: "A jet-powered Shahed [drone] landed near me. A Geran-4. It clipped the roof of a nine-storey apartment building, crashed into a playground and... didn't explode! I was driving along the avenue and it all happened right in front of my eyes."

Details: Local Telegram channels have posted videos showing the drone crashing without detonating.

Bomb disposal experts are reported to have already removed the UAV from the crash site.

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