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Russian Strikes Kill 2, Wound 4 in Kyiv Market
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In Short: Russian strikes killed two people and wounded four others in a Kyiv market, as drones and missiles continued to batter the city.
Russian strikes killed two people and wounded four others in a Kyiv market, as drones and missiles continued to batter the city. The attacks, which hit a market in the Podilskyi district, come after days of relentless strikes on the capital.
Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said a fire broke out in the grass cover as a result of falling debris from the strikes. He added that air defense systems were active over central Kyiv, filling the city with sounds of blasts and explosions.
According to Kyiv Independent staff, police halted trains set to depart during the attack, evacuating passengers to underground shelters. Klitschko said multiple attacks across the capital injured nine people.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russian forces launched more than 2,200 attack drones against Ukraine in the past week, along with around 1,650 aerial bombs and 38 missiles of various types, many of them ballistic missiles.
The strikes targeted housing and other civilian infrastructure in various parts of the country. In the Odesa region, Russian strikes damaged housing, a shop, a hotel, a medical building, and a warehouse storing grain.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told the UN General Assembly that his country intended to continue its military campaign 'to the end'. The Russian defence ministry claimed that Kyivstar and Omega Telecom data centers were bombed in Kyiv, stating that these firms were providing services to the Ukrainian army.
In the Kharkiv region, Russian forces seized the border village of Khrypuny, where Russia controls pockets of land. The defence ministry also released an image of a drone bearing the ironic message 'Digital Detox', confirming that the strikes were aimed at disrupting internet access in Ukraine.
Kherson Oblast Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said Russian forces have attempted to disrupt deliveries. The latest strikes come after days of nearly unrelenting attacks on the capital, with 26-27 September seeing Russian forces launch 170 Shahed-type attack drones.
Ukrainian intelligence obtained Russian internal documents showing the volumes of weapons Russia is preparing to produce next year and the funding allocated for them. President Zelensky said the occupiers continue to be eliminated, and the designated objectives are being achieved.
What this adds
The latest strikes in Kyiv follow a pattern of increasing Russian aggression, with attacks on civilian infrastructure intensifying.
The reported sabotage at the Voronezh Semiconductor Devices Plant-Assembly in Russia, which produces electronic components for Russian missiles and air defense systems, underscores the ongoing asymmetric warfare tactics employed by Ukraine.
Background
U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday urged Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries, saying attacks on the country's energy infrastructure were contributing to a diesel shortage.
Russian drones hit Kyiv, killing two people and injuring 43, in one of the heaviest strikes since Russia began using faster, harder-to-intercept jet drones.
What's confirmed
- "This past week, the Russians launched more than 2,200 attack drones against Ukraine, as well as around 1,650 aerial bombs and 38 missiles of various types, a significant number of them ballistic missiles," Zelensky posted on social media.
What's still developing
- Russian strikes killed eight people across Ukraine a day after Moscow vowed to achieve its war aims "no matter the circumstances", authorities said Sunday.
- Interior Minister Ivan Vyhivskyi announced the latest deaths on Sunday, saying Russian strikes hit a children's centre in the northern city of Sumy, killing three people including a 16-year-old girl.
- "Sixteen sites have been damaged," including 12 private houses in Kyiv's outskirts, as well as a warehouse and production facility, it added.
- The offer follows President Volodymyr Zelensky's announcement on Sept. 25 that U.S. President Donald Trump granted Kyiv permission to produce its own Patriot air defense missiles.
- Six of the injured were hospitalized, including one child.
- The Atesh partisan movement said it carried out a sabotage operation at an electrical substation serving the Voronezh Semiconductor Devices Plant-Assembly (the VZPP-Sborka plant) in Voronezh, Russia, which produces electronic components for Russian missiles and air defense systems.
- “Putin does not plan to stop the war, despite massive losses, and is preparing for a broad mobilization. The Russian army and Putin’s regime must be stopped for the greater good,” the report added.
- The reported sabotage follows a June 22 Ukrainian strike on a Voronezh facility producing electronic components for Russian precision-guided weapons.
- Russian independent outlet Astra, citing OSINT analysts, identified the likely target as the Voronezh Semiconductor Devices Plant-Assembly, a claim later confirmed by the Ukrainian military.
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