A\u00a0Russian drone damaged the building of\u00a0the television channel We\u00a0Are Ukraine during the September 8 attack on\u00a0Kyiv.<\/p>\n
The strike hit the newsroom and staff offices, causing injuries, the channel said. The drone hit the building while the channel was airing United News, a\u00a0round-the-clock news broadcast that Ukrainian media outlets have produced since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of\u00a0Ukraine.<\/p>\n
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said five people were injured in\u00a0the drone strike on\u00a0the channel\u2019s building. \u201cUsing Shahed drones against the media marks a\u00a0new chapter in\u00a0Russia\u2019s moral decline, and Europe and the world must respond,\u201d Zelensky\u00a0wrote<\/a>\u00a0on\u00a0his Telegram channel.<\/p>\n Russian strikes on\u00a0Kyiv had previously damaged the channel\u2019s building. On\u00a0August 20, the channel\u00a0said<\/a>\u00a0that an\u00a0overnight attack on\u00a0Kyiv had damaged its newsroom. No\u00a0one was injured in\u00a0that attack.<\/p>\n United News\u00a0began broadcasting on\u00a0February 24, 2022 \u2014 the day Russia launched its full-scale invasion of\u00a0Ukraine. As\u00a0of\u00a0August 2026, several Ukrainian television channels, including We\u00a0Are Ukraine, were taking turns producing programming for the round-the-clock broadcast.<\/p>\n At\u00a0Meduza, we\u00a0are committed to\u00a0transparency about our use of\u00a0artificial intelligence in\u00a0the newsroom. The story you\u2019re reading was written by\u00a0one of\u00a0our living, breathing journalists and translated from Russian using an\u00a0AI\u00a0model configured to\u00a0follow our strict editorial standards. This translation process is\u00a0the result of\u00a0extensive testing and refinements to\u00a0ensure our English-language coverage is\u00a0timely and accurate. A\u00a0Meduza editor reviews every draft before publication.<\/p>\n If\u00a0you find any errors in\u00a0this translation, please contact us\u00a0at\u00a0[email\u00a0protected]<\/a>.<\/p>\n