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Russia strikes Kyiv with drones overnight: Child and father injured

Russia strikes Kyiv with drones overnight: Child and father injured Photo: Two people, including a child, were injured in the night attack on Kyiv (facebook.com/DSNSKyiv)
Author: Liliana Oleniak

Two people were injured in the Russian attack on Kyiv at night and on the morning of September 26. One of them is a child, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

“Two people suffered: a man was injured, and his child had an acute stress reaction,” the SESU says.

In addition, 4 apartment buildings and 20 cars were damaged in Kyiv as a result of the fall of the Russian drone debris, and a gas pipe was depressurized.

Russian attack on Ukraine

Russian troops launched 78 kamikaze drones and six missiles into Ukraine on the night of September 26. The Ukrainian air defense system shot down 4 missiles and 66 drones.

The Russian occupiers attacked Odesa region, Kyiv, and Zaporizhzhia. Russia struck Zaporizhzhia with multiple rocket launchers. 8 people were injured in the city, and a woman was killed in the Odesa region.

2 energy facilities were also attacked in the Mykolaiv and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. In the Ivano-Frankivsk region, the center of Ivano-Frankivsk was partially left without power. There are also blackouts in the south.

Read more about the consequences of Russia's attack on Ukraine on September 26 in RBC-Ukraine's report.