People flee for their lives from flaming building after it’s hit by jet-powered drone in Kyiv

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Harrowing footage has emerged of people trying to escape a burning building struck by a Russian drone.

Smoke and flames have engulfed the National Academy of Sciences building Kyiv, Ukraine, following the strike.

People are seen escaping from windows as flames rage inside.

One man managed to escape using a ladder.

A man tries to evacuate an administrative building hit by a Russian jet-powered drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2026. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
A man flees the building National Academy of Sciences building via the window as thick smoke billows around him (Picture: Reuters)
A resident tries to evacuate an administrative building hit by a Russian jet-powered drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2026. REUTERS/Alina Smutko
Another man manages to escape via the window.The blast was caused by a jet-powered drone (Picture: Reuters)

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An emergency personnel runs at the site of an administrative building hit by a Russian jet-powered drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 28, 2026. REUTERS/Gleb Garanich
The administrative building has been devastated by the strike (Picture: Reuters)

Kyiv mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said on Telegram: ‘An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has crashed into a non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district, in the capital’s city centre.A fire has broken out.’

According to the Kyiv Post, Oleksandr Sazanovych, head of the Shevchenkivskyi District State Administration, said on Telegram: ‘Unfortunately, there are injuries and fatalitiesAll emergency and relevant services are working at the site.I ask residents not to approach the scene and not to interfere with the work of the services.’

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