Injury Toll From Russian Drone Attacks on Kyiv Rises to 20 as 14-Year-Old Is Killed

The number of people injured in Russian drone attacks on Kyiv on September 25 has risen to 20, according to Ukraine's state news agency Ukrinform. A 14-year-old boy was killed in the strikes.

Ukrinform's report did not provide a detailed breakdown of the injuries, the specific districts of Kyiv affected, or the exact timing of the attacks beyond identifying the date. It was also not specified how many drones were involved or whether Ukrainian air defenses intercepted any of them.

Kyiv, like other Ukrainian cities, has faced repeated waves of Russian drone and missile strikes since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February 2022, with attacks intensifying periodically depending on the phase of the conflict. Ukrainian officials have regularly reported civilian casualties, including among children, from such strikes, and have used the toll to appeal for continued Western military and air-defense support.

Russia has consistently said its strikes target Ukrainian military and energy infrastructure rather than civilians, a characterization Ukrainian officials and independent monitors have frequently disputed given the pattern of residential and civilian-area damage documented after such attacks.

The death of the 14-year-old adds to a broader toll of child casualties recorded by Ukrainian authorities and international monitors since the war began. The United Nations and other bodies have periodically published tallies of child deaths and injuries attributed to the conflict, though this specific case had not yet, per the available report, been incorporated into any such broader accounting.

Ukrainian authorities have not, according to the available report, announced additional details about rescue operations, damage to infrastructure, or the identities of other victims.