# Russia unleashes day‑long drone and missile barrage across Ukraine, hitting hospital and Kyiv high‑rise

*Friday, September 25, 2026 at 4:07 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Published**: 2026-09-25T04:07:32.210Z (2h ago)
**Category**: conflict | **Region**: Eastern Europe
**Importance**: 10/10
**Sources**: OSINT
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**Deck**: Russia has carried out a day‑long strike across Ukraine using large numbers of drones and missiles, with local authorities reporting damage to a hospital in Zaporizhzhia and a 25‑story apartment block in Kyiv. Explosions were also heard in western cities as Ukraine’s air defenses faced mass attacks on multiple fronts.

Russia’s latest air campaign has pushed civilians back into the center of the war, with reports of a nationwide barrage that damaged a hospital, struck high‑rise housing, and set off fires in and around Kyiv.

Ukrainian reporting cited in open sources says Russia used a mix of weapons over the course of 24 September. The figures described include up to 600 Geran‑ or Gerbera‑type strike unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), up to 10 Iskander‑M or S‑400 ballistic missiles launched from Russia’s Bryansk region, up to 10 Zircon hypersonic missiles from Kursk and Rostov regions, and about 32 small “Banderol” cruise missiles launched from airspace over the sea. These numbers have not been independently confirmed but, taken at face value, point to a deliberate saturation attack.

The pressure on Ukraine’s air defenses did not fall on a single city. Overnight, Russian forces continued attacking western Ukraine with Geran‑2 drones. Explosions were heard in Zhytomyr city, the rail hub of Korosten in Zhytomyr region, and Lutsk in Volyn region, according to local reports. Videos from Lutsk showed nighttime blasts in the city.

In the southeast, regional authorities in Zaporizhzhia reported that a hospital and other city facilities were damaged in a Russian attack. They have not yet clarified whether the hospital was directly hit or damaged by shock waves and debris, and they have not released casualty figures. Even without that detail, the report underlines how medical infrastructure remains exposed.

Kyiv again took a heavy share of the strikes. Open‑source reports say Russia used Geran‑4 jet drones against several parts of the capital, hitting targets in the Solomyanskyi, Priorka, and Podilskyi districts, and in the nearby city of Boryspil.

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said that in the Solomyanskyi district, a 25‑story residential building was struck at the level of the fourth floor. He also reported that a falling drone caused a fire on open ground near a non‑residential building in the same district, with one person preliminarily reported injured. In the Podilskyi district, a drone hit a non‑residential building.

The attack on Boryspil, an important air transport hub, was followed by a large fire, according to the same open‑source reporting, though officials have not specified what burned.

Taken together, these reports describe a strike pattern that stretches from front‑line regions to the far west, and from hospitals to high‑rise homes. The mix of loitering munitions, ballistic missiles, and reported hypersonic weapons appears aimed at testing where Ukrainian defenses are thin and how well they can cope with large, layered salvos.

In the coming days, more detailed damage reports from Zaporizhzhia, Kyiv, and the western regions, as well as official data on interception rates, will show how much of this barrage got through. Any fresh announcements from Ukraine’s partners on air defense supplies or restrictions on components used in Russian drones will signal how this latest attack is shaping the next phase of the air war.