Overview
- Surveillance-camera footage and statements from Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko show a high-speed drone struck a school in the Solomianskyj district, producing an immediate explosion and fire.
- City officials say pupils had been moved to a shelter after air-raid alarms and no injuries were reported at the school from the strike.
- The school hit was one of multiple targets across Kyiv during a larger overnight drone wave that Ukrainian authorities said involved about 107 drones.
- Local reports note additional damage to warehouses and a building complex in other districts of the city, and officials have not officially identified the drone model used in the school strike.
- Experts and reporters warn that Russia’s growing use of faster jet‑style drones can sharply shorten detection and interception time, which strains Ukrainian air defences and increases civilian risk to schools, infrastructure and daily life.