--- title: "Attack on Kyiv: explosions near the Dynamo Stadium — Surkis denies damage to the arena" description: "On the night of 27 August, Russia carried out a combined attack on Kyiv, with explosions heard near the Dynamo Stadium. The club's president Ihor Surkis refuted reports of damage to the arena, stating that \"it hit nearby.\"" date: 2026-08-27T08:32:01.000Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/attack-on-kyiv-explosions-near-dynamo-stadium-surkis-denies-damage tags: [kyiv-attack, dynamo-stadium, russia-ukraine, air-raid, igorsurkis] publisher: "XAB.info" --- # Attack on Kyiv: explosions near the Dynamo Stadium — Surkis denies damage to the arena ![Aerial view of Dynamo Stadium in Kyiv after the attack: the arena is intact, DYNA MO lettering on the stands, nearby explosions caused no visible damage](https://xab.info/media/2026/08/27/ataka-na-kiev-vzryvy-ryadom-so-stadionom-dinamo/ataka-na-kiev-vzryvy-ryadom-so-stadionom-dinamo-1.webp) ## 🎯 Key Points - On 27 August, Russia carried out a combined attack on Kyiv, with the air raid alert sounding from 1:00 a.m. - Explosions were heard near the Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium, with videos of a column of smoke published on social media - The KMVA reported damage to a sports complex in the Pecherskyi district, but Ihor Surkis denied damage to the arena itself - The consequences of the attack have been recorded in the Shevchenkivskyi, Podilskyi, Holosiivskyi and Pecherskyi districts, with the first injured person in the Holosiivskyi district On Thursday, 27 August 2026, Kyiv came under yet another combined attack by Russia. According to the outlet Sport RBC.UA, air raid alerts in the capital sounded intermittently starting from 1:00 a.m., and explosions were heard in several districts of the city. Among the consequences of the morning attack, damage has been recorded in the Shevchenkivskyi, Podilskyi, Holosiivskyi and Pecherskyi districts, with the Holosiivskyi district reporting the first injury as a result of the drone attack. ### Explosions near the Dynamo Stadium Particular resonance was caused by reports of explosions near the Lobanovskyi Dynamo Stadium. Telegram channels began circulating footage showing a column of smoke in the area of the arena, and a version quickly emerged in the media space that the stadium had been damaged as a result of the shelling. This story became the central item in the morning news agenda, linking the military situation with one of the capital's key sports facilities. ### Contradictory data Here the versions of the parties diverge. On the one hand, as evidence of damage, an official statement by the Kyiv Military Administration (KMVA) was cited, which spoke of damage to a sports complex in the Pecherskyi district. On the other hand, Dynamo president Ihor Surkis, in a comment to the outlet Chempion, directly refuted the information that the arena itself had been damaged: "No, the Dynamo Stadium has not been damaged, it hit nearby." Thus, it remains unclear whether the reference was to the stadium itself or to a sports complex located nearby, and both versions — the KMVA statement and the words of the club's president — remain in open contradiction with each other. ### Comment from the club's president Ihor Surkis, commenting on the situation, emphasized that the strike hit near the facility, but not the facility itself. This statement became the main argument against the version of the arena's destruction and effectively closed the topic of stadium damage at the level of the club's management. Meanwhile, the stadium itself, located in the surroundings of a forest-park zone in the center of Kyiv, found itself in a risk zone at the time of the attack due to its proximity to the epicenters of the explosions in the Pecherskyi district. ### Consequences of the attack on Kyiv's districts As of the morning of 27 August, the consequences of the Russian Federation's combined attack are known in the Shevchenkivskyi, Podilskyi, Holosiivskyi and Pecherskyi districts of the city. The first casualty of the morning drone attack has been recorded in the Holosiivskyi district. The full picture of the consequences of the night and morning attacks, including the updated list of damaged facilities and the number of casualties, continues to take shape as official data comes in. ## 🔍 Fact-Check Verification - [Russia attacked the center of Kyiv: what is the condition of the Dynamo Stadium](https://sport.rbc.ua/ukr/football/rosiya-atakuvala-tsentr-kieva-komu-stani-1787819374.html) - Подтверждает факт атаки на Киев 27 августа, взрывы вблизи стадиона, цитату Суркиса и заявление КМВА. Оговорка: расхождение версий о повреждении арены vs. спортивного комплекса. - [Kyiv's European cup arena: it is known whether Dynamo will change its stadium due to the political situation](https://www.ua-football.com/foreign/europa_league/1782238323-evrokubkovaya-arena-kievlyan-izvestno-smenit-li-dinamo-stadion-iz-za-politicheskoy-situacii.html) - Контекстный источник о статусе стадиона как еврокубковой арены; не подтверждает непосредственно факт атаки. - [I. Surkis: either a new stadium or the reconstruction of the old one](https://football.ua/ukraine/91426-y-surkys-yly-novyjj-stadyon-yly-rekonstrukcyja-starogo.html) - Контекст о позиции Суркиса по стадиону; не является первичным источником по атаке 27 августа. - [Surkis: with such play, Dynamo may lose all its fans](https://glavcom.ua/news/101409-surkis-s-takoj-igroj-«dinamo»-mozhet-rasterjat-vseh-bolelshchikov.html) - Контекстный источник о заявлениях Суркиса; не подтверждает детали атаки. ## ❓ FAQ ### Q: Was the Dynamo Stadium damaged as a result of the 27 August attack? **A:** The club's president Ihor Surkis refuted this information, stating that the stadium was not damaged and the strike hit nearby. Meanwhile, the KMVA reported damage to a sports complex in the Pecherskyi district, so the version of damage to the arena itself is not confirmed. ### Q: In which districts of Kyiv have the consequences of the attack been recorded? **A:** The consequences of the attack are known in the Shevchenkivskyi, Podilskyi, Holosiivskyi and Pecherskyi districts. The Holosiivskyi district is reporting the first injured person as a result of the morning drone attack. ### Q: When did the attack on Kyiv begin? **A:** According to the outlet, the air raid alert in Kyiv sounded intermittently starting from 1:00 a.m. on 27 August, and the attack was of a combined nature.