Russian attack on Kyiv kills 2, injures 22 on September 23

A Russian attack on Kyiv on September 23 killed two people and injured 43 others, according to Ukrainian officials. The casualties occurred across multiple districts of the capital. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported that one man died in a hospital and another was killed outright. The city prosecutor's office confirmed two deaths in the Darnytskyi and Solomianskyi districts, with 36 injuries reported by mid-afternoon. A drone struck a non-residential complex in Pecherskyi district, and a warehouse fire broke out in Sviatoshynskyi. Russian drones targeted a gas station, business center, office building, pharmaceutical facility, former market, and an area near a train station, causing fires and damaging parked cars. Russian forces conducted repeated strikes on the same locations. Law enforcement is investigating the attack as a war crime.