Drone and missile attack on the refinery in Kyiv
Kyiv · Ukraine · 4 October 2026
135 drones reported · refinery, housing · impact reported · fire
Sources for this report
- The Guardian - Ukraine: Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv to increase oil refinery attacks because of Moscow’s winter strategy, Zelenskyy says
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russian drones attack Kyiv: debris falls on roof of house in Dniprovskyi district
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russia attacks Ukraine with 135 drones: hits recorded at five locations
- Kyiv Post: Russian Glide Bombs Strike Sumy Apartments, Injuring 5
- The Kyiv Independent: Kyiv now feels like a front-line city - but its resolve is holding, for now
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russian attack damages heating main in Kyiv: Desnianskyi district left without hot water
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Russia attacks Pivnichnyi Bridge in Kyiv again
- Ukrinform (EN): Russian drone strike damages road surface on Kyiv's North Bridge
- Kyiv Post: Russian Strike Hits Kyiv’s North Bridge for Second Day
- The Moscow Times (EN): Germany's Merz Arrives in Kyiv to the Sound of Sirens and Explosions
- BBC News - Europe: Kyiv bridge hit in further Russian drone attack as German chancellor makes surprise visit
- The Kyiv Independent: Russia targets Kyiv bridges for fourth consecutive day, hits Northern Bridge
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): Zelenskyy posts video of strike on Kyiv's Pivnichnyi Bridge and announces agreements with German chancellor
- Ukrinform (EN): Russian attack damages heating main in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district
- Deutsche Welle (EN): Germany's Merz visits Kyiv as Russia strikes bridge
- Ukrinform (EN): Zelensky: Russia used more than 1,900 drones, 1,700 aerial bombs and 25 missiles against Ukraine in one week
- Kyiv Post: Russian Drone Strikes in Kherson and Chernihiv Injure 6
- Censor.NET (EN): Russian attack on Kyiv: debris fell near school and onto car in Darnytskyi district. PHOTO
- The Guardian - Ukraine: Russia strikes Kyiv bridge as German chancellor visits Ukraine in show of support
- The Kyiv Independent: How Russia’s new jet drones are changing the threat to Kyiv
- The Kyiv Independent: Russian attacks kill at least 5, injure 30 across Ukraine
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): German chancellor in Kyiv calls on Putin to "stop this senseless war"
- Ukrainska Pravda (EN): EU ambassador to Ukraine condemns Russian strike on Kyiv's Pivnichnyi Bridge
- Ukrinform (EN): Two people injured in Russian strike on Northern Bridge in Kyiv
- Kyiv Post: Zelensky Vows Proportional Retaliation for Russian Bridge Strikes
- Kyiv Post: Ukraine to Deploy Small Missiles, Turrets Against Jet Drones, Zelensky Says
- Kyiv Post: Ukraine’s Science Under Fire: Russia Is Targeting Knowledge, People and the Future
- Kyiv Post: Russia Launched 1,900 Drones and 25 Missiles This Week, Zelensky Says
- The Kyiv Independent: Russian Su-35, Su-34 fighter jets hit by drones at airfield in Adygea, SBU says
- Censor.NET (EN): Russian drone attack on Kyiv: drone carrying unexploded ordnance crashed in Obolon district
- Ukrinform (EN): Sybiha on bridge attacks: World must make it clear to Russia that it must stop escalation
- The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine war latest: Germany supplies Kyiv with interceptors, air defense missiles in $1.5 billion aid package
- The Kyiv Independent: Germany announces $1.46 billion in aid for Ukraine, including interceptor drones, air defense missiles
- The Guardian - Ukraine: Russian drone hits key bridge in Kyiv on German chancellor's visit - video
- The Kyiv Independent: Plague death triggers quarantine, mask mandates in Russia's Irkutsk region in Siberia
- France 24 (EN): Merz unveils new aid for Ukraine as Russia strikes Kyiv during German leader's visit
- The Kyiv Independent: Ukraine's deep strikes have wrecked over half of Russia's oil refining capacity, Defense Ministry says
- The Kyiv Independent: Russian drone strike hits energy facility in Poltava Oblast, leaves 22,000 without power
- The Kyiv Independent: Russian double-tap Banderol strikes hit Kharkiv, killing 1, injuring 6
- Ukrinform (EN): SBU urges Ukrainians not to film or share photos and videos of Russian strikes
Earlier reported strikes at Kyiv
- 3 October 2026
4 drones reported · airfield, logistics site · impact reported · fire
- 2 October 2026
646 drones reported · 2 missiles reported · housing, civilian facility · impact reported · fire
- 1 October 2026
107 drones reported · power grid, housing · 4 hits · fire
- 30 September 2026
188 drones reported · power grid, housing · impact reported · fire
- 29 September 2026
2 missiles reported · housing, power grid · impact reported · fire
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