Ukraine: Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv

Aug 28, 2026

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August 28, 2026, Vyshneve, Ukraine: Smoke rises from fires in warehouses damaged by Russian drone strikes. Russian forces launched a massive attack on Kyiv region with drones, hitting warehouses. Vyshneve Ukraine - ZUMAs197 20260828_aaa_s197_029 Copyright: xAleksandrxGusevx
August 28, 2026, Vyshneve, Ukraine: Smoke rises from fires in warehouses damaged by Russian drone strikes. Russian forces launched a massive attack on Kyiv region with drones, hitting warehouses. Vyshneve Ukraine - ZUMAs197 20260828_aaa_s197_029 Copyright: xAleksandrxGusevx
August 28, 2026, Vyshneve, Ukraine: Smoke rises from fires in warehouses damaged by Russian drone strikes. Russian forces launched a massive attack on Kyiv region with drones, hitting warehouses. Vyshneve Ukraine - ZUMAs197 20260828_aaa_s197_028 Copyright: xAleksandrxGusevx
Burnt-out cars are parked outside an apartment block after a Russian drone attack on Vyshneve, Bucha district, Kyiv region, Ukraine, August 28, 2026. A drone struck the courtyard of a residential complex, sparking a large-scale fire that destroyed more than a dozen civilian vehicles. The powerful shock wave shattered windows and damaged the facades of nearby high-rise buildings. One man was killed in the Bucha district in this morning’s attack, and another civilian sustained multiple shrapnel wounds. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov Ukrinform) Aftermath of Russian drone attack in Vyshneve in Kyiv region Copyright: xVolodymyrxTarasovx
Burnt-out cars are parked outside apartment blocks after a Russian drone attack on Vyshneve, Bucha district, Kyiv region, Ukraine, August 28, 2026. A drone struck the courtyard of a residential complex, sparking a large-scale fire that destroyed more than a dozen civilian vehicles. The powerful shock wave shattered windows and damaged the facades of nearby high-rise buildings. One man was killed in the Bucha district in this morning’s attack, and another civilian sustained multiple shrapnel wounds. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov Ukrinform) Aftermath of Russian drone attack in Vyshneve in Kyiv region Copyright: xVolodymyrxTarasovx
Burnt-out cars are parked outside an apartment block after a Russian drone attack on Vyshneve, Bucha district, Kyiv region, Ukraine, August 28, 2026. A drone struck the courtyard of a residential complex, sparking a large-scale fire that destroyed more than a dozen civilian vehicles. The powerful shock wave shattered windows and damaged the facades of nearby high-rise buildings. One man was killed in the Bucha district in this morning’s attack, and another civilian sustained multiple shrapnel wounds. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov Ukrinform) Aftermath of Russian drone attack in Vyshneve in Kyiv region Copyright: xVolodymyrxTarasovx
Burnt-out cars lie damaged after a Russian drone attack on Vyshneve, Bucha district, Kyiv region, Ukraine, August 28, 2026. A drone struck the courtyard of a residential complex, sparking a large-scale fire that destroyed more than a dozen civilian vehicles. The powerful shock wave shattered windows and damaged the facades of nearby high-rise buildings. One man was killed in the Bucha district in this morning’s attack, and another civilian sustained multiple shrapnel wounds.(Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov Ukrinform) Aftermath of Russian drone attack in Vyshneve in Kyiv region Copyright: xVolodymyrxTarasovx
Burnt-out cars are parked outside an apartment block after a Russian drone attack on Vyshneve, Bucha district, Kyiv region, Ukraine, August 28, 2026. A drone struck the courtyard of a residential complex, sparking a large-scale fire that destroyed more than a dozen civilian vehicles. The powerful shock wave shattered windows and damaged the facades of nearby high-rise buildings. One man was killed in the Bucha district in this morning’s attack, and another civilian sustained multiple shrapnel wounds. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov Ukrinform) Aftermath of Russian drone attack in Vyshneve in Kyiv region Copyright: xVolodymyrxTarasovx
Burnt-out cars lie damaged after a Russian drone attack on Vyshneve, Bucha district, Kyiv region, Ukraine, August 28, 2026. A drone struck the courtyard of a residential complex, sparking a large-scale fire that destroyed more than a dozen civilian vehicles. The powerful shock wave shattered windows and damaged the facades of nearby high-rise buildings. One man was killed in the Bucha district in this morning’s attack, and another civilian sustained multiple shrapnel wounds.(Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov Ukrinform) Aftermath of Russian drone attack in Vyshneve in Kyiv region Copyright: xVolodymyrxTarasovx
Burnt-out cars are parked outside an apartment block after a Russian drone attack on Vyshneve, Bucha district, Kyiv region, Ukraine, August 28, 2026. A drone struck the courtyard of a residential complex, sparking a large-scale fire that destroyed more than a dozen civilian vehicles. The powerful shock wave shattered windows and damaged the facades of nearby high-rise buildings. One man was killed in the Bucha district in this morning’s attack, and another civilian sustained multiple shrapnel wounds. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov Ukrinform) Aftermath of Russian drone attack in Vyshneve in Kyiv region Copyright: xVolodymyrxTarasovx
A fragment of a Russian drone lies in the crater by burnt-out cars in a parking lot near a residential complex, Vyshneve, Bucha district, Kyiv region, Ukraine, August 28, 2026. A drone struck the courtyard of a residential complex, sparking a large-scale fire that destroyed more than a dozen civilian vehicles. The powerful shock wave shattered windows and damaged the facades of nearby high-rise buildings. One man was killed in the Bucha district in this morning’s attack, and another civilian sustained multiple shrapnel wounds. (Photo by Volodymyr Tarasov Ukrinform) Aftermath of Russian drone attack in Vyshneve in Kyiv region Copyright: xVolodymyrxTarasovx
A plume of smoke from a fire in a Kyiv suburb rises behind the Motherland Monument and apartment blocks in the Pechersk district, Kyiv, Ukraine, August 28, 2026. On the night of August 28, the Russian army carried out a massive strike with UAVs on the Kyiv region, also deploying new jet drones. The drones targeted logistics warehouses and an industrial zone in Sviatopetrivske and Vyshneve, sparking large-scale fires and heavy smoke that engulfed the capital. (Photo by Yevhen Kotenko Ukrinform) Smoke over Kyiv from fires in suburbs after Russian drone attack Copyright: xYevhenxKotenkox
A plume of smoke from a fire in a Kyiv suburb rises behind the Motherland Monument and apartment blocks in the Pechersk district, Kyiv, Ukraine, August 28, 2026. On the night of August 28, the Russian army carried out a massive strike with UAVs on the Kyiv region, also deploying new jet drones. The drones targeted logistics warehouses and an industrial zone in Sviatopetrivske and Vyshneve, sparking large-scale fires and heavy smoke that engulfed the capital. (Photo by Yevhen Kotenko Ukrinform) Smoke over Kyiv from fires in suburbs after Russian drone attack Copyright: xYevhenxKotenkox

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August 28, 2026, Vyshneve, Ukraine: Smoke rises from fires in warehouses damaged by Russian drone strikes. Russian forces launched a massive attack on Kyiv region with drones, hitting warehouses. Vyshneve Ukraine - ZUMAs197 20260828_aaa_s197_029 Copyright: xAleksandrxGusevx

August 28, 2026, Vyshneve, Ukraine: Smoke rises from fires in warehouses damaged by Russian drone strikes. Russian forces launched a massive attack on Kyiv region with drones, hitting warehouses. Vyshneve Ukraine - ZUMAs197 20260828_aaa_s197_029 Copyright: xAleksandrxGusevx

August 28, 2026, Vyshneve, Ukraine: Smoke rises from fires in warehouses damaged by Russian drone strikes. Russian forces launched a massive attack on Kyiv region with drones, hitting warehouses. Vyshneve Ukraine - ZUMAs197 20260828_aaa_s197_028 Copyright: xAleksandrxGusevx