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Russian Missile and Drone Attack Injures at Least 18 in Kyiv, Including Children
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In Short: In a new round of attacks, Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv and surrounding areas, injuring at least 18 people, including children.
In a new round of attacks, Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv and surrounding areas, injuring at least 18 people, including children, according to Ukrainian authorities. The attacks, which began in the early hours of September 17, targeted multiple locations in Kyiv, causing significant damage to civilian infrastructure and residential buildings. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitshchko reported that 16 people were injured, including two children, with at least nine of the injured requiring hospitalization.
The attacks continued with ballistic missiles targeting the capital at around 2:13 a.m., resulting in two big explosions in quick succession, followed by another after about a minute, according to War Editor Chris York. In the Kyiv region, civilian areas and infrastructure were targeted in the Obukhiv, Brovary, Fastiv, and Bucha districts, causing damage to a warehouse, office building, residential buildings, and cars, as reported by Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Regional Administration.
In Odesa, seven people were injured, including two children, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. The attacks also targeted energy facilities in the Sumy and Odesa regions, disrupting civilian infrastructure. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the US House of Representatives’ passage of a sweeping Russia sanctions bill, calling it a powerful tool to pressure Moscow toward peace after another overnight Russian attack.
Ukrainian forces responded to the attack by destroying or suppressing 131 Russian aerial targets, according to reports. The strikes come days after United States President Donald Trump announced that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to suspend attacks on energy facilities. However, neither Russia nor Ukraine have agreed to this, and they are continuing to hit each other’s energy targets, according to Al Jazeera’s Rory Challands. Russian attacks almost collapsed the Ukrainian energy grid last winter, and Ukraine’s energy providers are now expecting another very tough winter but hoping it will be better than the previous one.
What's confirmed
- Ukraine's air force says it destroyed or suppressed 131 Russian aerial targets during the attack.
What's still developing
- In a Telegram post following the vote, Zelensky wrote that the legislation passed on the same night as another major Russian attack involving ballistic missiles, other missiles and drones.
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- Russia launched a drone and missile attack on Kyiv on the night of Sept. 16-17, damaging an education facility and injuring at least 18 people in Ukraine's capital, officials reported.
- Explosions rocked Kyiv's city center beginning around 12:30 a.m. local time, the Kyiv Independent's Deputy Chief Editor Toma Istomina reported.
- The resulting fire from the attack had been extinguished, announced regional governor Mikhail Yevrayev.
- Zelenskyy also reported damage to Russian warplanes and helicopters in a strike on a military base in the southern city of Rostov.
- The regional head in Odesa said a Russian drone had struck a civilian vessel in the Black Sea, killing the captain and injuring three crew members.