Overnight on Sept. 22, a Russian strike drone hit a five-storey residential building in Kyiv's Dniprovskyi district. Rescuers evacuated 15 people; four were injured.
Overnight into Sept. 22, Russian forces once again attacked Kyiv with strike drones. In the capital's Dniprovskyi district, a drone struck a five-storey residential building, sparking a fire in the basement that damaged the first floor and the building's facade. According to Ukraine's State Emergency Service, rescuers evacuated 15 people from the building; four residents were injured, three of them hospitalized. There were no fatalities. Drone debris also fell in the Darnytskyi and Holosiivskyi districts of the capital. Volunteers Support Ukraine is closely following the aftermath of these overnight attacks on the capital.
Air raid sirens sounded across Kyiv for several hours overnight, with residents reporting repeated explosions as air defense units engaged incoming targets. The Dniprovskyi district bore the brunt of the damage, where wreckage sparked a fire in the basement of a residential high-rise.
The fire quickly spread to the first floor, keeping emergency crews on site through the night. Volunteers Support Ukraine notes that these seemingly "routine" nighttime attacks leave dozens of families without a safe home each time they happen.
Rescuers managed to bring 15 residents out of the building safely, including elderly people who needed extra assistance making their way down smoke-filled stairwells.
Four people sustained injuries of varying severity, and three were hospitalized for further treatment. Kyiv's State Emergency Service crews and medics worked at the scene until morning, treating the injured in the courtyard of the building.
Despite damage to the facade and shattered windows in several apartments, the building's overall structure held. Still, a number of residents were left without livable housing for the night and will need temporary shelter and repairs.
Kyiv's Dniprovskyi district has already been hit multiple times in recent weeks, and residents are being forced to grow accustomed to near-daily air raid alerts.
Volunteers Support Ukraine continues helping people affected by the war in whatever way its available resources allow — from humanitarian aid to supporting families who have lost their homes to shelling. Every night like this in Kyiv is a reminder that the need to help civilians remains urgent.
