Russian drone smashes into Kyiv school, no injuries, officials say
Children and staff sheltered during the strike, and emergency crews extinguished the blaze after the drone damaged the school’s third floor, officials said.
- On Thursday, October 1, a Russian drone struck a school in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, damaging the third floor and sparking a fire while children and staff sheltered inside. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported no injuries.
- Moscow has intensified its aerial campaign with 3,177 jet-powered drones deployed in September, exceeding August's 2,850. Prime Minister Serhii Koretskyi stated Russia escalated to "massive strikes on energy infrastructure," with near-daily attacks since summer.
- Separately, two drones struck near the support structure of Kyiv's Pivdennyi Bridge on Thursday, forcing authorities to suspend metro and surface transport. Municipal specialists began inspecting the structure for damage.
- Following the attacks, President Volodymyr Zelensky reported seven deaths across Ukraine and condemned the strikes as a "new escalation of terror." Officials ordered local authorities to verify backup power at critical facilities.
- Ukraine enters the winter facing intensified attacks and critical air defense shortages. Experts warn Moscow aims to degrade energy security to force capitulation, while officials race to restore damaged infrastructure.
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Russian armed forces also attacked the southern bridge in Kiev on Thursday.
For the second day in a row, a key bridge over the Dnipro River in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv has been hit by Russian drones.
In a conversation at a school just bombed this Thursday, the president says Moscow is looking for “the Ukrainians to leave the capital”
Russia launched its first attack using jet-powered drones on the strategic 'Southern Bridge' on the Dnieper River east of Kyiv, aiming to cripple Ukraine's energy supplies and infrastructure just before winter.
A qualitative Russian escalation of the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, is a major bridge, a nuclear research facility and energy facilities, amid Ukrainian fears of a new campaign targeting infrastructure and exacerbating the winter crisis.
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