# Reporter's Notebook: How constant drone attacks became a normal workday in Kyiv

https://mins.news/en/item/79007

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-09-29 16:26 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/reporters-notebook-how-constant-drone-attacks-became-a-normal-workday-in-kyiv/

> On Sept. 23, relentless Russian drone and missile attacks followed daily life across Kyiv, making all-day strikes feel routine. The reporter describes hearing explosions in a crowded coffee shop, sheltering underground and then covering a strike near Kyiv’s central railway station, where a historic market burned. Two people were killed and at least 45 injured that morning, with railway infrastructure damaged.

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