Russia launches overnight drone attack on Ukraine, hitting Kyiv and other regions with 170 drones

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Russia launched a massive drone attack on Ukraine overnight, targeting Kyiv and other regions with 170 unmanned aerial vehicles, Ukrainian officials said.
The Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported that the assault began at 18:00 on Sept. 26, involving 76 jet-powered Shahed drones, Gerbera drones, and decoy drones launched from Russian territory and occupied Crimea. By 07:30 on Sept. 27, air defenses had downed or suppressed 147 drones, with strikes recorded at 18 locations and debris falling at eight others .
In Kyiv, the attack marked the third consecutive day of strikes on the capital. A drone hit an uninhabited residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district, while another struck a warehouse in Solomianskyi, sparking fires. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a man was killed and at least four others injured, including a woman and two 16-year-old children .
Russian officials claimed strikes on a Vodafone data center in Kyiv, a logistics hub in Kyiv Oblast, and drone warehouses in Mykolaiv and Odesa regions. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service confirmed fires at a warehouse in Solomianskyi and a car service center, while local authorities reported damage to industrial and port infrastructure in Odesa .
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia is deliberately targeting data centers and telecommunications infrastructure to disrupt internet and communications .
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