Russia strikes Kyiv for fourth straight night, hitting wholesale market

Russia attacked Kyiv with drones and missiles for a fourth consecutive night into September 28, killing at least two people and injuring eight, with a direct hit on the Stolichny wholesale food market, the Kyiv Independent reported.

RuskiGazeta Editorial DeskSeptember 28, 2026, 10:59 AMUpdated: September 28, 2026, 12:45 PM

Russia strikes Kyiv for fourth straight night, hitting wholesale market

The overnight attack on Kyiv killed at least two people at the Stolichny wholesale food market and injured eight across the city, setting a gas station ablaze in Obolon and damaging homes and offices. Ukraine’s Air Force said 112 drones were downed or neutralized by 7 a.m. Kyiv had also come under a daytime jet-drone attack on September 27.

A firefighter by a burning house in Kyiv after a drone attack

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said an Azerbaijani citizen was among those killed in the Kyiv region, while 28 people, including nine children, were injured in the Kharkiv region. He said a house used as the residence of Saudi Arabia’s ambassador was also damaged and that Russia had launched 277 attack drones since the previous day, 155 of them jet-powered.

Rescuers inside a damaged apartment block in Kharkiv