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This week, Russians targeted warehouses, business and shopping centers, enterprises, gas stations, and passenger trains. Kyiv, Sumy, Dnipro, Pavlohrad, Kryvyi Rih, Mykolaiv, Kramatorsk, and Odesa suffered the most severe attacks. In the capital, which suffered from continuous air raid alerts all week, from September 7 to 13, enemy drones attacked residential buildings, hit three gas stations, and struck the building of the "We Are Ukraine" TV channel right during a live broadcast. Over the weekend, the enemy attacked western Ukraine with strike UAVs: during the day on September 12, 410 UAVs were launched from the north, and another 453 on the night of September 13. Over the week, Russia attacked Ukraine with about 2,100 drones, a significant portion of which were jet-powered "Shaheds."
Timeline of Russian Shelling from September 7 to September 13, 2026
In Kherson, on September 7, two civilians were killed, including a 24-year-old man, and four people were injured; a female resident of Stanislav village was also killed. In Zaporizhzhia and the surrounding district, 12 civilians were injured. As a result of UAV attacks, a fire broke out at a shopping center and a parking lot, damaging two high-rise buildings and a kindergarten premise. In Dnipro, a man was killed, four residents were injured, and an enterprise, a logistics company warehouse, and a garage cooperative were damaged. In Kramatorsk, an airstrike on a residential neighborhood and bridge, along with FPV drone attacks, killed two people and damaged about a dozen high-rises, cultural and commercial institutions, a bank, and infrastructure. In Sloviansk, a series of FAB-250 and MLRS attacks damaged high-rise buildings, an enterprise, a boiler house, and infrastructure. In the Kharkiv region, five civilians were injured; in the regional center, kindergarten glazing and two high-rise buildings were damaged. In Pryluky, Chernihiv region, a large-scale fire broke out at an enterprise, damaging a workshop and destroying equipment, with a 40-year-old woman injured. In Chernihiv, trucks and an administrative building were damaged due to a drone strike.
In the Kherson region, on September 8, a drone attacked a civilian car, killing a man; in the regional center, a woman died after a drone hit a high-rise building. In the Kherson hromada and Mykolaiv, a blackout occurred. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, two people were killed and nine others injured, including two rescuers in Nikopol injured by a repeat FPV drone strike while extinguishing a fire. In Kharkiv, drone attacks damaged a high-rise building and a gas station, injuring two people. Across the region, four civilians were injured, including a 17-year-old teenager; in Zolochiv, three people were injured as a result of a UAV attack, and admin buildings and private houses were damaged. In Pryluky, the enemy attacked the "Epicentr" shopping center, causing a large fire and injuring two people; in the region, a man was killed, four were injured, and residential houses were destroyed. In the Kramatorsk hromada, an airstrike with three FAB-250s damaged 96 private residential houses. Enemy drones hit a civilian enterprise in Zaporizhzhia. The occupiers attacked a Dnipro — Zaporizhzhia passenger train, killing a female conductor; passengers were evacuated under the threat of repeated strikes. Russians launched several waves of attacks on a DTEK thermal power plant; the station suspended power generation due to significant equipment damage, the company reported.
On the night of September 9 and in the morning, the Mykolaiv region suffered a massive combined strike: a shopping center, a mail terminal, residential buildings, admin buildings, and port, industrial, transport, and energy infrastructure objects were damaged; in Mykolaiv, four people were killed and 19 injured, including three children. In Kherson, two people were killed and others injured. In Zaporizhzhia and the region over the past day, one person died and seven were injured; a man was injured when a high-rise building was hit in the regional center. In Dnipro, three were injured, including a 15-year-old youth, and a building materials warehouse, a high-rise building, and private houses were damaged; several enterprises were damaged in the region. In the Kharkiv region, one person was killed and eight injured; occupiers launched a drone strike on a passenger train in the Izium hromada, hospitalizing eight people, with one man in critical condition; in Kharkiv, an apartment building, three gas stations, and transport were damaged. In Sloviansk, a FAB-250 strike on a private sector destroyed a house and critical infrastructure equipment, killing a man and injuring a woman.
At night on September 10, Russian UAVs attacked Kryvyi Rih: five people were injured, two hospitalized, dozens of homes destroyed and damaged, and the Suspilne Dnipro building sustained damage. In Dnipro, two people were killed, five injured including a child, and an enterprise caught fire. In Pavlohrad, five people died and 67 were injured due to a drone attack; 19 were hospitalized, six in serious condition including a 14-year-old boy, while 13- and 15-year-old teenagers are in moderate condition. Shopping pavilions and shops in the city center were destroyed, and cars were ruined. Three civilians were injured in Nikopol district, one in critical condition. In the Kharkiv region, 18 people were injured; in Kharkiv, victims included a 16-year-old girl and a 4-year-old boy, with an educational facility and high-rises damaged. In the Chernihiv region, residential homes, a market area, and a school site were destroyed, injuring a civilian. In the Poltava region, four people were injured, with private homes and an enterprise damaged. In Khmelnytskyi, drones attacked a market; during the deployment of State Emergency Service forces at the scene, a secondary detonation occurred, hospitalizing four rescuers. In the Zaporizhzhia region, one person was killed and three injured; an evening drone attack in the regional center injured two people, including a minor girl, and started a fire in a high-rise. In the morning, the enemy attacked Kramatorsk with six KAB bombs, landing hits near educational institutions and residential areas: one person died and 22 were injured, including an eight-month-old child; 14 high-rises, 19 private homes, three admin buildings, a dormitory, and a shop were damaged. In Sloviansk and surrounding hromada, FPV drone and UAV attacks injured two people and damaged over a dozen homes, transport, and critical infrastructure facilities.
On the night of September 11, an enemy UAV hit the territory of a medical facility in the Shevchenkivskyi district of Kharkiv, damaging the building and an ambulance; in Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, shelling injured a man and damaged five homes, an admin building, and a cultural facility. In Dnipro, several private enterprises, high-rises, and garages were damaged, trucks caught fire, and 18 people were injured, including a 14-year-old boy; one man died in the hospital from his injuries. A day of mourning was declared in Pavlohrad for the victims. In Zaporizhzhia and the district, overnight drone attacks injured five civilians, including two children; among the victims was a 32-year-old woman with her ten-year-old son. Fires broke out on the roof of a nine-story building, at a shopping center, and in an office building. Russian aviation struck the "Lisnyi" square in Sloviansk with two FAB-250 bombs, damaging at least five high-rises; a man was killed and a severely wounded woman was hospitalized. In Kherson, debris from an enemy UAV caused a fire in a high-rise apartment, injuring an elderly woman; the enemy attacked municipal workers and an emergency medical care vehicle with a drone, injuring three medical workers. In the Chernihiv region, drones damaged a grain dryer at an agricultural enterprise, burning 1.5 hectares of dry grass.
In Kryvyi Rih on September 12, an overnight ballistic missile attack and a morning UAV strike killed one man, left another missing, and injured three people; an industrial enterprise, five high-rise buildings, a primary healthcare center, three educational institutions, and business facilities sustained damage. In Dnipro, Russians struck a single enterprise three times. In Nikopol district, one person was killed and five injured. In Zaporizhzhia region, two people died and 11 were injured; Russia launched a ballistic missile strike on Zaporizhstal, injuring four workers and destroying the production site, Ekonomichna Pravda reports. In Yasnohirka, Donetsk region, an enemy drone struck an ambulance, killing a paramedic and injuring two people. Russians struck the central market in Sloviansk with an FPV drone, injuring four people, two of whom were hospitalized. In Kharkiv, a 32-year-old man was killed in a UAV attack. In Kobleve, in the Black Sea waters along a closed section of the coastline, an anti-amphibious mine exploded, killing a married couple, injuring their 16-year-old daughter, and hospitalizing another woman in critical condition; the enemy attacked a transport infrastructure object in the Voznesensk district. Russian forces struck railway infrastructure in Lutsk and Fastiv; thanks to timely passenger evacuation, no casualties occurred. In the Zhytomyr region, two people were killed, and fires broke out on enterprise territory, railway infrastructure facilities, gas stations, a store, and cars.
In Izium on September 13, a 26-year-old woman was killed due to the detonation of an explosive object. In the Chernihiv region, enemy strikes killed one man, and two teenagers were among the wounded; in Nizhyn, a grocery warehouse, residential houses, cars, and a store were destroyed. Russians struck energy infrastructure in the Mykolaiv region; in Mykolaiv district, a woman died and a private home was damaged. In Ivano-Frankivsk, a non-residential building was damaged, a roof caught fire, and one person was injured. Near the Ukrainian-Polish border in Volyn, an enemy drone destroyed a train locomotive and damaged a gas station, Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported.
Sumy Region
On September 7 in Sumy, a strike on a private house caused a fire and injured a man; a hit was also recorded in the Stetskivka district. On September 8, an enemy drone landed near a park in the city center, injuring a man. In the region, a strike on a civilian car killed a woman and injured two people.
Russian UAVs hit the "Kyiv — Sumy" passenger train twice and a suburban train once: two people died in the hospital, ten were injured, and over 90 passengers were evacuated under the threat of repeated strikes. A locomotive and train cars caught fire.
Around 20:00 on September 9, the enemy struck a shopping mall in Sumy with a UAV: two 21-year-olds (a young man and a woman) were killed, and 23 people were injured, including three children; two adults are in critical condition, one extremely severe. As "Kordon Media" war correspondents report, the strike hit the shopping mall entrance when it was crowded. As a result of the attack, the "Manufactura" shopping mall was damaged, and the administration announced a temporary suspension of its operations. A civilian infrastructure facility, a mobile coffee shop, a non-residential building, and cars were also damaged, with fires blazing at the strike site.
The deceased young people, Taisiia Moskvitina and Maksym Maksymenko, were students at Sumy universities. September 10 was declared a Day of Mourning in Sumy.
Throughout the day on September 10 in Sumy, Russian UAVs hit an industrial zone and struck the "Manufactura" shopping mall twice more, causing fires. The occupiers also launched an airstrike on a residential area, destroying an apartment building and damaging private homes. In total over the 24 hours of September 10, at least 13 people were injured, including three children. Two more were killed and others wounded in other communities of the region; extensive damage occurred in the Shostka hromada. On September 13, the enemy attacked Konotop: a private property was damaged and two people were injured. In the Krolevets hromada, a six-month-old infant suffered injuries.
Odesa Region
On the night of September 8, drones attacked a market on the outskirts of Odesa, triggering a fire that damaged shopping pavilions and injured three civilians, hospitalizing one person. On the night of September 9, enemy UAVs attacked the "Starokozache" border checkpoint on the border with Moldova: two civilians were killed, three injured, 16 were evacuated, and fires and infrastructure destruction ensued. In Odesa on September 10, a strike on warehouses holding volunteer humanitarian aid ignited a fire and injured two people.
As a result of a massive Russian missile and drone attack on civilian infrastructure on September 12 in Odesa, two people were killed and 39 injured, including two children, a five-month-old infant, and a 17-year-old youth. Fourteen injured were hospitalized, one in critical condition and most in moderate condition. Enemy strikes completely destroyed the upper floors of one high-rise and another residential building at a different address. At least three more buildings and gas pipelines were damaged. Rescuers saved seven people, including two children.
In Chornomorsk, a residential building was destroyed and three more homes plus a gas pipe were damaged, starting a fire. Five people were injured in the attack, including four children. A hotel building housing a rehabilitation center and nearby parked cars were also damaged.
"Another horrific night. A Russian missile hit a high-rise building by the sea. This is the third time the Russians have attacked this residential complex. 17 people were injured. It wasn't just Odesa that was hit. Several private residential houses were destroyed in Chornomorsk. One of the Shaheds hit a hotel and rehabilitation center building," — local photojournalist Oleksandr Himanov shared details of the Russian shelling of Odesa.
However, the enemy did not stop there and continued terrorizing through the night and morning. Civilian targets were in the crosshairs: a high-rise, private homes, a car, two educational institutions, warehouses, and a children's sanatorium; a fire broke out in the Botanical Garden.
Kyiv Region
Kyiv and the surrounding region came under a massive combined strike using drones, ballistics, and missiles at the beginning of the week. On the night of September 8 in Kyiv, over fifty facilities suffered destruction and fires, including residential buildings, warehouse and office space, a dormitory, a polyclinic, school grounds, shops, an enterprise, garage boxes, and gas stations. In Kyiv, five people were killed and 25 injured to varying degrees of severity; 14 were hospitalized, three in critical condition, and emergency workers rescued 13 people. It is known that two people died in the Solomianskyi district, while a 29-year-old foreigner was injured in the Darnytskyi district. During emergency response, a State Emergency Service vehicle came under a repeated enemy strike.
In the Holosiivskyi district, a non-residential 26-story building was damaged by a hit. At another address, a garage ignited, with the fire spreading to a business center and an adjacent structure; fires broke out in warehouse premises and on school grounds. In the Podilskyi district, fires raged in a warehouse and garage boxes. In the Dniprovskyi district, garages burned. In the Darnytskyi district, firefighters quickly extinguished warehouse and garage fires on private residential property. In the Solomianskyi district, fires occurred in warehouses, three-story and five-story buildings, and an office building. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, a series of impacts set warehouse buildings ablaze.
In the afternoon of September 8, Russian forces attacked the building of the "We Are Ukraine" TV channel with a jet drone during a live broadcast. Significant destruction and fire resulted, damaging workspaces and the newsroom, and injuring at least five people. This was not the first strike on the office: during a massive attack on the night of August 20, the TV channel building was already damaged—windows were blown out, and the newsroom and part of the ceiling were destroyed, the company reminded.
The enemy also hit an office center in the capital's Solomianskyi district, causing a fire and destruction; five people were injured, and first responders evacuated two people from upper floors.
As a result of a morning enemy UAV attack on September 9 in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, a hit was recorded on the 11th–12th floors of a 24-story residential building, causing wall destruction and a fire on the 12th floor. Falling UAV debris caused grass cover to ignite in an open area. In the Dniprovskyi district, an enemy drone hit a nine-story building: a fire broke out in the building, causing destruction and one death, while five people sustained injuries. Rescuers managed to save four residents, including two children. Falling drone debris also caused a fire in a warehouse building.
"A warm September evening. A woman was sitting on a bench in the courtyard of her residential building. Now she is dead. It feels as though the attack on the city never stops. A strike on a high-rise in the morning. A strike on a high-rise in the evening. It seems this is our new reality. Geran-5, or jet Shaheds—a cheap, fast Russian weapon that is not easy to intercept," — photographer duo Kostiantyn and Vlada Liberov wrote about the deceased woman.
Ekonomichna Pravda reported that on September 9, Russians struck the KIDDISVIT toy warehouse in Kyiv.
In the Desnianskyi district, a UAV fell near a 16-story building, igniting cars. In the Sviatoshynskyi district, a UAV fell in a forested area near a shopping center. In total, 19 people were injured in Kyiv on September 9, including two children.
On September 10–11 in Kyiv, two people died and at least 22 others were injured, including a 12-year-old child. Holosiivskyi, Dniprovskyi, Obolonskyi, Solomianskyi, and Podilskyi districts of the capital suffered strikes that caused destruction and fires. In the Dniprovskyi district, flames engulfed a nine-story building from the 1st to 5th floors; in the Podilskyi district, occupiers re-struck a five-story office building; in Obolonskyi and Solomianskyi districts, a business center, a two-story office, and warehouse premises were damaged. Gas stations in three districts of the capital came under attack, causing large fires; an ambulance was damaged while responding to help victims.
On the night of September 7, jet UAVs attacked Boryspil and Fastiv districts of the Kyiv region: industrial enterprises and a logistics complex were damaged.
Following an overnight massive shelling on September 8 in Bila Tserkva, a man was injured by an enemy strike, and production/warehouse space, two high-rises, and a private house were damaged in the district. In the Boryspil district, an enterprise, warehouse, and seven trucks were destroyed. In the Brovary district, three private properties and a passenger car were damaged. In the Fastiv district, three private homes were damaged. In the Obukhiv district, two outbuildings and a car were damaged. In total, two were injured.
As a result of a week-long series of massive enemy UAV attacks in the Kyiv region, six people died and over 16 were injured, including at least three children—notably a two-year-old girl with shrapnel eye injury. Strikes spanned Bucha, Boryspil, Brovary, Obukhiv, Vyshhorod, Fastiv, and Bila Tserkva districts, causing widespread destruction across over 50 civilian facilities: private and apartment buildings, outbuildings, and a veterinary clinic.
The industrial and warehouse sector suffered the most systematic destruction and fires, particularly civilian manufacturing and hangar facilities; in the Boryspil district, a logistics warehouse was hit a second time directly during emergency response operations.
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Researcher & Author: Yana Yevmenova
Photo Editor: Marusia Maruzhenko
Literary Editor: Yuliia Futey
