On the night of September 17, 2026, a warehouse building in Kyiv's Svytoshyn district was destroyed in an attack by Russian drones. The building stored props, costumes, and sets belonging to the '95 Kvartal' studio. According to the studio, the premises contained property accumulated over 20 years of creative work: sets for concerts, television shows, films, and TV series, as well as props, each of which, according to the team, is tied to specific shoots, rehearsals, and stories created together with the audience. No one was injured in the strike.
Course of events and rescue operations
On the night of September 17, an air raid alert was issued over Kyiv due to the threat of a drone attack. After the all-clear was sounded, a fire broke out in a warehouse building in the Svytoshyn district, caused by a drone strike. Units of the State Emergency Service (SES) were working at the scene. The '95 Kvartal' studio expressed its gratitude to the rescuers for their promptness and bravery in a statement. The fire and thick black smoke rising over the building were captured in photographs taken at the scene, where emergency service personnel in protective gear were also present.
The studio's position: 'With props or without'
In a statement published with reference to RBC-Ukraine, the '95 Kvartal' team emphasized that Russian weapons may destroy property, but they are unable to stop the collective's work. 'We continue to work, write new jokes, and support Ukraine's defenders. All scheduled concerts will take place. With props or without,' the studio stated. In particular, on October 17 the comedians will meet the audience for the TV recording of a new charity concert. Thus, the studio confirmed that none of the scheduled performances will be cancelled.
Context: a series of strikes on warehouse facilities in Kyiv
The attack on the '95 Kvartal' warehouse was not the only strike on the capital's infrastructure in the past 24 hours. As Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko reported, on September 15 Russian drones struck the Obolon district, where warehouse premises were hit. The repetition of the pattern — targeted strikes on non-residential warehouse facilities in different parts of the city — points to the systematic nature of the attacks, aimed at destroying the material base of Ukrainian organizations and enterprises.
Contradictory data
In the majority of sources (RBC-Ukraine, Ukranews, Zerkalo), the discussion is exclusively about the destruction of the '95 Kvartal' studio warehouse. However, the outlet strana.today additionally mentions in its headline and text that the warehouse of Yelena Zelenska's Foundation was also destroyed in the same attack. The statement from the '95 Kvartal' studio itself and the materials from RBC-Ukraine, Ukranews, and Zerkalo contain no information about Yelena Zelenska's Foundation. Thus, the version of a simultaneous strike on two different warehouse facilities is confirmed by only one source and has not been corroborated by the others. Until an official comment is received from the Foundation or from the SES, this fact remains not fully confirmed.
It is also worth noting the variability in the studio's name across different sources: the team's own statement and RBC-Ukraine use the spelling '95 Kvartal', whereas Ukranews, Zerkalo, and strana.today write 'Kvartal 95'. This is not a factual contradiction but reflects differences in transliteration and the customary word order in the collective's name.
