# Russia strikes Ukraine intelligence HQ in ‘major escalation’

https://mins.news/en/item/45687

- The Guardian, 2026-09-04 15:37 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/04/russia-strikes-ukraine-intelligence-hq-kyiv-major-escalation

> A Russian drone struck the SBU intelligence agency’s headquarters in central Kyiv, injuring at least nine people and sending black smoke into the sky. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy ordered an “appropriate, tangible response”, while foreign minister Andrii Sybiha called the attack a “major escalation”.

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