Key facts
- At least seven people, including a 14-year-old boy, were killed and 57 injured in Russian attacks on Kyiv on Sept. 25.
- A drone struck a 16-story residential building in Kyiv's Pecherskyi district, hitting between the 10th and 11th floors.
- The boy killed in the Kyiv attack was an Israeli citizen.
- A drone hit an office building in the Solomianskyi district, killing four people and injuring seven others, including a child.
- President Zelensky said Donald Trump approved licenses for Ukraine to produce Patriot air defense missiles.
- Ukraine struck two Russian oil refineries and three missile production facilities overnight.
Russian drone attacks on Kyiv on September 25 killed at least seven people, including a 14-year-old boy, and injured 57 others, as the conflict intensifies. The strikes continued into the daytime, with a drone hitting a 16-story residential building and another striking a five-story non-residential building.
In the Pecherskyi district, a drone hit a residential building between the 10th and 11th floors, killing a 14-year-old Israeli citizen and injuring seven people. Twenty-five people, including two children, were hospitalized, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. Later, a drone struck an office building in the Solomianskyi district, killing four people and injuring seven others, including a child, in the building's parking lot. A medical facility was also damaged in the Solomianskyi district.
President Zelensky condemned the attacks, stating that "ordinary life in and of itself is simply a target" for Russia. He also announced that U.S. President Donald Trump had approved granting Ukraine licenses to produce Patriot air defense missiles, a move that could bolster Ukraine's air defense capabilities amidst a critical shortage of munitions.
Meanwhile, Ukraine's General Staff confirmed that Ukrainian forces struck two Russian oil refineries, including the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez refinery in Perm, and three facilities involved in missile production overnight. These strikes targeted infrastructure approximately 1,450 kilometers and 200 kilometers from Ukrainian-controlled territory.