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Russian Drone Hits SSU Headquarters In Kyiv Zelensky


(MENAFN- UkrinForm) The head of state reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

“I spoke with the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine, Oleksandr Poklad. Unfortunately, a Russian drone struck the central building of the Security Service of Ukraine on Volodymyrska Street in Kyiv, across from St. Sophia Cathedral,” he said.

Zelensky said that all emergency services were working at the scene. He also specified that the drone had been aimed directly at the office of the Head of the Security Service in that building.

“I instructed Poklad to deliver an appropriate, tangible response and, where possible, one that mirrors this strike, to the Russians once everything is ready. Our military will support this response,” Zelensky wrote.

Read also: Injury toll from Russia's Sept 3 drone strikes on Kyiv rises to 14

As Ukrinform reported, five people were injured in Kyiv's Shevchenkivskyi district after an enemy drone crashed there in the afternoon of September 4.

In particular, Russian forces destroyed a café-bakery belonging to the Zavertailo chain in Kyiv's historic center.

Earlier on September 4, a Russian attack caused a fire at a non-residential site in Kyiv's Solomianskyi district, while a woman was injured in the Holosiivskyi district.

Photo: Office of the President of Ukraine

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