A Russian drone strike hit a 24-storey residential building in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district on the morning of September 9, injuring six people, including a pregnant woman. Emergency services extinguished the fire and rescued 23 people during the morning attack.
Morning Drone Strike Damages Darnytskyi High-Rise
Emergency crews rushed to Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district following a morning assault that damaged upper floors of a multi-storey housing block. The impact struck at the level of the 10th and 11th floors of a 24-storey residential building, triggering an apartment blaze.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed the severity of the damage on Telegram, noting that a fire has broken out and walls have been damaged on the 11th floor while municipal responders secured the impact zone. Klitschko initially wrote that a UAV had struck a 16-storey building in the Darnytskyi district before later clarifying that a 24-storey residential building had been hit at the level of the 10th and 11th floors. Emergency services were immediately dispatched to the scene, with Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, the Kyiv City Military Administration, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine on Telegram, and Kyiv police responding to the incident.
Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv, reported that a fire had broken out and walls had been damaged on the 11th floor.
Vitali Klitschko, Mayor of Kyiv, stated that a UAV had struck a 16-storey building in the Darnytskyi district and that emergency services were on their way to the scene.
Injuries and Rescue Operations Across the Capital
State emergency crews worked to evacuate residents trapped by the flames. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine confirmed that firefighters successfully suppressed an eighty-square-meter blaze at the site, confirming that firefighters have extinguished the fire, which covered an area of 80 sq m.
During the operation, twenty-three people have been rescued during the operation, according to emergency dispatchers. Out of the six individuals recorded as injured in the Darnytskyi district, paramedics transported three to local hospitals. Local police officials and the Kyiv City Military Administration reported that six people have been injured as a result of the Russian strike on the residential building in the Darnytskyi district, and the police confirmed that a pregnant woman is among those injured.
Widespread Strikes Hit Multiple Kyiv Districts
The Darnytskyi high-rise impact formed part of a broader wave of overnight and morning aerial attacks targeting the capital. Separate incidents unfolded across other parts of the city, compounding the strain on municipal emergency resources.
In the Dniprovskyi district, a separate Russian drone impact triggered a fire in a 9-storey residential building, causing preliminary structural damage and resulting in a fire as reported by Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko (Russian drone flew into a 9-storey building in the Dniprovskyi district — what is known – Kyiv News). Separate reporting from capital public pages and official updates noted that a warehouse in the same Dniprovskyi district also caught fire following a Russian drone attack today, leaving nine people injured in that separate incident. Nighttime shellings and attacks also impacted the Holosiivskyi and Darnytskyi districts, while residents of the Podilskyi district were asked to close their windows and stay off the streets due to polluted air, and six districts of the Kyiv region faced enemy strikes during the night resulting in fatalities and injuries.
Emergency Response and Next Steps
Municipal authorities, district military administrations, and police investigators deployed to document the destruction and assist affected residents. Oleksandr Kovtunov, Head of the Darnytskyi District Military Administration, released initial documentation photos from the site as engineering teams assessed the damaged upper storeys. Photos from the site of the strike were also provided by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, alongside video footage published by capital public pages showing a drone purposefully attacking a residential high-rise building.
With air raid alarms testing the region and emergency personnel maintaining alert across multiple districts, residents remain cautioned as municipal services clear debris and investigate the full extent of the infrastructure damage.
