This comes a day after Russian Aerospace Forces General Nikolai Varpakhovich was shot by an assassin in Engels.
Today marks the eighth straight day of drone and missile strikes in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities.
Russia has increased fivefold the number of jet-propulsed drones involved in attacks, and has spread those along the whole day, so there’s multiple air-raid alarms sounding, totally disrupting life in the country.
But, today (4), a drone has struck the headquarters of Ukraine’s security service SBU in Kiev, in what regime leader Volodymyr Zelensky called ‘an assassination attempt’ on Oleksandr Poklad, the head of the service.
Ukraine says it will respond after Russia carried out a drone strike on the SBU headquarters in downtown Kyiv, hitting acting SBU chief Oleksandr Poklad’s office (Poklad was not present).
Zelensky says he has instructed the SBU to carry out a “mirror” response. pic.twitter.com/cPlFN44Lte
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) September 4, 2026
🚨BREAKING NEWS
A drone struck the office of the head of the SBU in Kiev ! 🇷🇺🛸🔥
▪️Unfortunately, a Russian drone strike was recorded on the central building of the SBU on Volodymyrska Street in Kiev, opposite St. Sophia Cathedral, Zelenskyy stated.
▪️The drone was aimed… pic.twitter.com/KsYa4tPQfX— Aleksey The Great 🇷🇺🎖 (@aleksthgrt) September 4, 2026
The Telegraph reported:
“Heavy black smoke rose in Kiev city center following the attack, which Ukraine’s foreign minister said marked a ‘major escalation’ of the war.
‘Unfortunately, a Russian drone hit the central building of the SBU on Volodymyrska Street in Kiev, opposite the St Sophia Cathedral’, Mr. Zelensky said on social media. ‘The drone was aimed directly at the office of the head of the security service in that building’, he added.”
🇷🇺🇺🇦🚨‼️ RUSSIA STRIKES DECISION-MAKING CENTER
Russia struck the SBU in the center of Kyiv with a geranium drone aimed at SBU head Poklad’s office in the building.
This is especially interesting after SBU and GRU special services clashed in recent days in Kiev. The SBU accused… pic.twitter.com/XGUkuL2gQ5
— Lord Bebo (@MyLordBebo) September 4, 2026
RT reported:
“Footage from the scene that has emerged on Ukrainian Telegram channels appears to show that an explosion damaged the facade of the building, with thick black smoke billowing out of two of its windows.
Surveillance footage that emerged online shortly after the incident shows an unknown projectile, appearing to be a delta wing-patterned kamikaze drone, rapidly approaching the building before exploding into a large fireball.
Nine people were injured in the Shevchenkovsky District, where the SBU building is located, after a drone came down in the area, according to Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko. Seven of them were hospitalized.”
Read more:
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