Video. Ukraine: Russian drone barrage on Kyiv kills teenage boy and wounds 20 residents

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · Sep 25, 2026 · 156 words · By Alexis Caraco

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What to know about Video. Ukraine: Russian drone barrage on Kyiv kills teenage boy and wounds 20 residents

The aircraft struck between the 10th and 11th floors during a barrage that followed air-raid warnings in the Ukrainian capital.

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What happened

The aircraft struck between the 10th and 11th floors during a barrage that followed air-raid warnings in the Ukrainian capital.

Why it matters

At least seven people were initially injured**,** including a nine-year-old boy, as rescue teams evacuated residents and worked through broken glass and debris.

Common ground

As attacks continued, the number of injured across Kyiv climbed to 20, including eight people taken to hospital.

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What evidence would most clearly confirm or weaken the claim that Odesa was also hit, leaving one person dead and another injured?
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Claim 1: “Odesa was also hit, leaving one person dead and another injured.”

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Sources contradict each other on the casualty count in Odesa: one reports one casualty, another reports one death and two injuries, and a third reports one death and eight injuries.

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web search NEUTRAL — An attack in the Odesa region on September 26 resulted in the death of one man and injuries to two others. One of the injured is in critical condition, while the other has been hospitalized.
https://thebridgemedia.com.ua/en/attack-in-odesa-region-lead…

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web search NEUTRAL — The enemy attacked Odesa district with drones, killing one person and injuring eight others. Vehicles caught fire at an enterprise, and the fires were extinguished by rescuers.
https://unn.ua/en/news/russian-strike-on-odesa-region-claims…

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web search NEUTRAL — According to him, the attack resulted in one casualty and damaged administrative buildings, warehouses with agricultural products, buses, and tanks. The shelling caused fires, which have already been …
https://intent.press/en/news/war/2026/a-person-was-injured-i…

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Claim 2: “another drone later struck a five-storey non-residential property in Shevchenkivskyi.”

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Multiple sources confirm a drone strike on a non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district, with one source specifically mentioning it was a five-story building and citing Mayor Vitali Klitschko.

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web search NEUTRAL — An enemy drone struck a five-story non-residential building in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district, injuring several people. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.
https://www.ukrinform.net/rubric-ato/4167849-russian-drone-h…

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web search NEUTRAL — Quote: "A drone has struck an office building in the Shevchenkivskyi district. Early reports indicate there is no fire. Emergency services are heading to the scene." Details: Klitschko added that debr…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/russian-drone-hits…

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web search NEUTRAL — In Kyiv, a Russian strike damaged nonresidential buildings, offices, and warehouses in the Obolonskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, and Podil’skyi districts, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
https://meduza.io/en/news/2026/10/07/russian-missile-and-dro…

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Claim 3: “The aircraft struck between the 10th and 11th floors during a barrage that followed air-raid warnings in the Ukrainian capital.”

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While web search results confirm Russian attacks on Kyiv and bridges, none of the provided evidence specifically mentions an aircraft striking between the 10th and 11th floors of a building.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Football Club Dynamo Kyiv, also known as Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kiev, or simply Dynamo, (Ukrainian: Футбольний клуб «Динамо» Київ, romanized: Futbolnyy klub «Dynamo» Kyiv, [dɪˈnɑmo ˈkɪjiu̯]) is a Ukraini…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Dynamo_Kyiv

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ghost of Kyiv (Ukrainian: Привид Києва, romanized: Pryvyd Kyieva, pronounced [ˈprɪwɪd ˈkɪjewɐ]) is the nickname given to a mythical MiG-29 Fulcrum flying ace who was alleged to have shot down six …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_of_Kyiv

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kyiv, also spelt Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both banks of the Dnieper River. As of January 2022, the populat…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv

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Claim 4: “Russia said it targeted Ukrainian defence and logistics facilities and denies deliberately attacking civilians”

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No evidence was provided for this claim.

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Claim 5: “ballistic missiles killed two people and injured eight in Kyiv the previous night.”

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The Africanews source explicitly states that ballistic missiles killed two and injured eight the previous night. Other sources mention different casualty counts (e.g., 2 killed and 6 injured, or 2 killed and 13 injured), making the specific '2 killed, 8 injured' figure unique to one source in this set.

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web search NEUTRAL — The latest assault came after ballistic missiles killed two people and injured eight in Kyiv the previous night. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said eight regions came under Russian attack.
https://www.africanews.com/2026/09/25/ukraine-russian-drone-…

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web search NEUTRAL — On Wednesday evening, Oct. 7, a fresh Russian attack on Kyiv killed two people and injured at least 13 in the Solomianskyi and Obolonskyi districts, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration …
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/86394

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web search NEUTRAL — Two people were killed and six others were injured in the strike.In the Dniprovskyi district, missile debris fell on private residential properties. One of the houses sustained partial damage. Prelimi…
https://ukranews.com/en/news/1176799-russia-attacked-kyiv-wi…

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Claim 6: “Buildings were also damaged in Podilskyi and Solomianskyi”

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Multiple independent sources confirm damage in the Podilskyi district (Russian mass strike on Kyiv, Kyiv and Kharkiv under Russian bombardment). While Solomianskyi is mentioned in a different context (Oct 7 attack), the Podilskyi damage is well-documented across sources.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine with around 2,950,000 residents, has been frequently targeted by the Russian Armed Forces during the Russo-Ukrainian war.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv_strikes_(2022–present)

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Podil (Ukrainian: Поділ [poˈd⁽ʲ⁾il] ) or Podol (Russian: Подол [pɐˈdol] ), also known in English as the Lower City, is a historic neighborhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located on a flood…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podil

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Claim 7: “At least seven people were initially injured, including a nine-year-old boy”

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One web search result from Africanews explicitly confirms that 'At least seven people were initially injured, including a nine-year-old boy'. No other independent source provided confirms these specific numbers or the child's age.

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web search NEUTRAL — At least seven people were initially injured**,** including a nine-year-old boy, as rescue teams evacuated residents and worked through broken glass and debris. As attacks continued, the number of inj…
https://ca.news.yahoo.com/ukraine-russian-drone-barrage-kyiv…

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web search NEUTRAL — 4 injured in Kyiv Oblast as Russian drones reportedly strike pharmaceutical warehouse. Russia launched a drone attack on the city of Hostomel in Kyiv Oblast on the evening of Oct. 2, striking warehous…
https://kyivindependent.com/

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web search NEUTRAL — Then I saw that everything was black.” 10. Wide of firefighter on crane trying to extinguish fire STORYLINE: Three people were injured in a Russian attack on a medical center in Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi di…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4UbOQUN_zA

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Claim 8: “President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said eight regions came under Russian attack.”

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Two independent cross-references from EuroNews confirm that President Zelenskyy stated eight regions came under Russian attack.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — According to Ukrainian government officials and news sources, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy has survived dozens of assassination and kidnapping attempts by Russian or pro-Russian agents dur…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_attempts_on_Volo…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Oleksandr Semenovych Zelenskyy (Ukrainian: Олександр Семенович Зеленський; born 23 December 1947) is a Ukrainian mining scientist and mathematician, who specializes in the automation of geological and…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oleksandr_Zelenskyy

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelenskyy (born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician and former entertainer who has served as the sixth president of Ukraine since 2019. He took office five years after …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volodymyr_Zelenskyy

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Claim 9: “the number of injured across Kyiv climbed to 20, including eight people taken to hospital.”

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The Africanews snippet mentions that 'the number of injured across Kyiv climbed to 20, including eight people', but other search results provided are either irrelevant (pornography sites) or discuss different incidents.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kyiv is the capital of Ukraine, also known by its Russian-based name Kiev. Kyiv or Kiev may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyiv_(disambiguation)

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Claim 10: “Ukraine reported 282 attack drones as well as several types of missile launched overnight.”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Ukraine and general news headlines, none of which mention the specific number of 282 attack drones.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, abbreviated as the Ukrainian SSR, UkrSSR, UkSSR and also known as Soviet Ukraine or just Ukraine, was one of the constituent republics of the Soviet Union from…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Rep…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Ukraine's easternmost regions, Donetsk, Luhansk, and Kharkiv, have been the site of an ongoing theatre of operation since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war in February 2022. The battle of Donbas wa…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_front_of_the_Russo-Ukr…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Early parliamentary elections were held in Ukraine on 30 September 2007. The election date was determined following agreement between the President Viktor Yushchenko, the Prime Minister Viktor Yanukov…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Ukrainian_parliamentary_e…

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Claim 11: “Russian authorities reported casualties from Ukrainian long-range strikes.”

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