The Russian mass drone strike on Dnipro city late on 17 November damaged the building where the offices of the regional Suspilne branch and Ukrainske Radio are located, reports Suspilne Dnipro.
The strike resulted in a fire, blasted out out the windows and doors, damaged the building’s ceilings and the roof.
The damaged ceilings in the Suspilne Dnipro building following the attack, 17 November 2025. Photo by Suspilne Dnipro
There were no staff in the office at the moment of the strike.
Some windows and doors in the building were blasted out. The Suspilne Dnipro office after the strike, 17 November 2025. Photo by Suspilne Dnipro
Suspilne Dnipro chief editor Yevhen Pedashenko says that the first floor of the building, where the large studio is located, was destroyed.
“We cannot access the second floor now and assess the scale of the damage, because there are certain obstacles. The main thing that we stress is that everyone on our team is alive and unharmed. We continue to work, continue to go live on Pershyi TV and work on all our digital platforms, we are trying to fully resume operations as soon as possible,” he said.
Suspilne Dnipro manager Kateryna Lysiuk says that the studio burned down completely and that the attack damaged not just the main building, but also the annex.
“There were up to 15 explosions overall, from what we know. The premises and all our buildings were affected. We are looking into the situation now, trying to understand the scale of the tragedy, but we keep working. Despite everything, we continue to work, continue to make news,” she said.
Head of newsroom Valeria Bovsha says that the staff learned about the office building damage from a colleague who lives nearby.
“Our colleague, a video editor who lives next to the office, wrote that there had been a very powerful and loud explosion, that windows in her house had been blasted out and that she had seen the roof of our building on fire. Several more explosions followed after that. When it was more or less safe, our driver was able to come here and see the impact,” she said.
The strike destroyed parts of the floor barriers and the roof. In some places, the ceiling and walls collapsed. The fire that broke out on the roof quickly spread to the entire building due to the windy weather.
“This morning we managed to come to the office, we saw the aftermath of the destruction. We managed to carry out two laptops and a surviving potted plant, some bulletproof vests. The cameraman and a reporter checked the cameraman’s office, they managed to save several cameras, they are functional as far as we know. Now [the emergency services] have told us again that we can’t go there because of the smoke, because the firefighters are still working,” Valeria Bovsha said.
One of the cars owned by Suspilne Dnipro also burned down. In addition, Bovsha says the building may collapse, so being there is unsafe.
The Suspilne Donbas office, located in the Suspilne Dnipro building, was also damaged.
The strike also affected the premises of the Kontrabas film studio, located in the same building. The co-founder of the film company, Oleksandra Teslenko, said that almost all of their property was destroyed in the Russian strike.
“We have a large filming pavilion with sets, props, costumes, a lot of professional equipment. There is not even anything to record there, everything has burned down. We have invested in all this for more than seven years, out of our own pocket. There is nothing left,” Teslenko said.
The Russians attacked the Dnipro with drones late on 17 November. A series of explosions occurred in the city at around 10:30 p.m. The city and the district came under a massive Shahed drone attack. The strikes caused multiple fires.