A 14-year-old Israeli citizen was killed Friday when a Russian drone struck a residential building in central Kyiv, Israel's Foreign Ministry said.
What is known about the strike and the victim
The strike hit a 16-story apartment building in Kyiv's Pecherskyi district during a broader Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital on September 25. Ukrainian authorities said the drone struck the upper part of the building, with Kyiv police placing the impact around the ninth and tenth floors.
Israel's Foreign Ministry confirmed the boy's Israeli citizenship and said his mother was injured. Israeli consular officials in Kyiv and the ministry's department responsible for Israelis abroad were assisting the family.
The boy's name is being withheld by IsraelNews.io because the available official material reviewed for this article did not establish that his identity had been formally released by the family or Israeli authorities.
Casualty figures changed through the day
Casualty figures from the wider attack changed repeatedly during the day as rescue operations continued. Reuters reported later Friday that five people had been killed in Kyiv. Earlier Ukrainian and Israeli updates cited different injury totals, reflecting different reporting times and scopes.
The Pecherskyi strike was one of several incidents across the capital. Damage was also reported in the Solomianskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Podilskyi districts as Russia carried out another wave of attacks on Ukrainian cities and infrastructure.
Ukrainian officials described the weapon that struck the building as a Russian drone. The exact drone model had not been conclusively identified in the official material reviewed for this article, so IsraelNews.io is not identifying it as a specific Shahed or Geran model.
Israel's response and what remains to be confirmed
The Israeli Foreign Ministry condemned the attack and said it was in contact with the family. Reports that the family had requested that the boy's body be transferred to Israel for burial were circulating Friday, but IsraelNews.io did not find direct confirmation of that request in an official ministry or family statement before publication.
The death is a reminder that Israeli citizens remain exposed to the continuing war in Ukraine even when they are far from the front lines. For families with ties to both countries, Russia's continued long range attacks have created risks well beyond military positions and energy infrastructure.
Because casualty totals and family arrangements were still developing Friday evening, those details should be treated as subject to update.