Kyiv mayor reports nine injured after drone strikes Security Service building

Nine people have been injured in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district as a result of a Russian attack on 4 September. A drone struck the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) building.

Source: Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko

Quote: "Emergency services continue their work at the site. Nine people are now known to have been injured in the Shevchenkivskyi district. Seven of those injured are in city hospitals."

Details: Kyiv mayor also reported that the fire in a non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district had been brought under control. Klitschko added that the floor slab and an external wall of the building had been destroyed.

The SSU itself has not yet reported any deaths or injuries.

Background:

• On the afternoon of 4 September, a Russian drone struck the SSU building in central Kyiv, near Zoloti Vorota metro station.
• President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a Russian drone struck the office of Oleksandr Poklad, acting head of the Security Service of Ukraine, in the SSU building in Kyiv. The general was not in his office at the time of the strike.

This news has been updated since publication.

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