Police recover Geran-4 drone fragments after forest fire in Kyiv district

Police explosive ordnance disposal (EOD) specialists recovered the remnants of a Russian Geran-4 strike drone in the Holosiivskyi District of Kyiv, according to the National Police report dated August 26. Following a recent Russian aerial attack on Kyiv, Ukrainian Defense Forces successfully shot down a Russian unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) in a forested park zone within the Holosiivskyi District.

The impact scattered drone wreckage across the tree line, igniting brush and woodland fires. Police explosives experts were promptly dispatched to the scene to conduct containment and clearing operations. They surveyed the impact site, collected drone fragments, and searched the surrounding perimeter for unexploded ordnance. Initial assessments confirmed the device as a Geran-4 type drone.

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) reported earlier that an overnight Russian strike on August 25 damaged a 16-story apartment building in Kyiv's Holosiivskyi District. In the overnight barrage, Russia targeted Ukraine with Shahed drones, along with ballistic and cruise missiles, recorded explosions in Dnipro and Kharkiv, and civilian deaths in Zaporizhzhya and industrial casualties in Kharkiv.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed that debris from fallen drones caused structural collapses on the 14th floor of a 16-story residential building, resulting in broken windows.