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Russian Attacks Kill 9, Wound 56 in Ukraine
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In Short: Russian attacks overnight into Saturday killed nine people and injured 56 others across Ukraine, according to local authorities.
More than a dozen explosions were reported in Kyiv during several waves of attacks, with fires breaking out and power outages reported in some areas.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a residential building in Shevchenkivskyi district was partially destroyed, trapping people inside. The heaviest casualties were reported in two districts.
Lithuania’s embassy in Kyiv was also damaged after two missiles landed nearby during a Russian attack, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said.
Russian forces took control of two more villages across two Ukrainian regions – Olgivka in Kharkiv and Lyubytske in Zaporizhia – the Interfax news agency reported, citing the Defence Ministry.
In retaliation, Ukraine struck three Russian oil refineries’ infrastructure in the Bashkortostan region, nearly 1,600km from the border, and sank a sanctioned Russian container ship, Yanina.
The Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight hit an educational institution and damaged multiple apartment buildings, injuring one person, local authorities and the State Emergency Service said.
In northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, two men, aged 28 and 44, were injured by Russian attacks over the past day, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
In the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia and its surrounding areas, 34 people were wounded by Russian attacks over the past day, Ivan Fedorov, co-head of the regional Defense Council, said.
In southern Kherson Oblast, two people were injured by Russian attacks over the past day, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.
In the southern city of Odesa, a Sept. 28 Russian attack on a high-rise residential building injured six people, two of whom were hospitalized, regional governor Oleh Kiper said.
In northern Sumy Oblast, five people were wounded in Russian drone attacks over the past day, the regional military administration said.
Over central Kyiv, air defense systems were reported to be active, filling the city with sounds of blasts and explosions.
What this adds
This was the second major attack on Kyiv this week.
Russia has pounded Kyiv in a heavy ballistic missile and drone attack, killing nine people and wounding 33 others, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that Ukraine has run out of interceptor missiles for its US Patriot air defence systems.
With the Russia-Ukraine war in its fifth year, fighting is raging along about 1,200km of front line.
Russian advances have slowed by more than half this year, and Ukraine has been launching strikes inside Russia, hitting its oil facilities, logistics sites and weapons production.
Background
Russian drones struck Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv, killing two people and injuring at least 19 others, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Russian attacks overnight into Saturday killed nine people and injured 56 others across Ukraine, according to local authorities.
What's confirmed
- More than a dozen explosions were reported in Kyiv during several waves of attacks, with fires breaking out and power outages reported in some areas.
- Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a residential building in Shevchenkivskyi district was partially destroyed, trapping people inside. The heaviest casualties were reported in two districts.
- Lithuania’s embassy in Kyiv was also damaged after two missiles landed nearby during a Russian attack, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said.
- Russian forces took control of two more villages across two Ukrainian regions – Olgivka in Kharkiv and Lyubytske in Zaporizhia – the Interfax news agency reported, citing the Defence Ministry.
- In retaliation, Ukraine struck three Russian oil refineries’ infrastructure in the Bashkortostan region, nearly 1,600km from the border, and sank a sanctioned Russian container ship, Yanina.
- The Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight hit an educational institution and damaged multiple apartment buildings, injuring one person, local authorities and the State Emergency Service said.
- In northeastern Kharkiv Oblast, two men, aged 28 and 44, were injured by Russian attacks over the past day, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
- In the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia and its surrounding areas, 34 people were wounded by Russian attacks over the past day, Ivan Fedorov, co-head of the regional Defense Council, said.
- In southern Kherson Oblast, two people were injured by Russian attacks over the past day, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.
- In the southern city of Odesa, a Sept. 28 Russian attack on a high-rise residential building injured six people, two of whom were hospitalized, regional governor Oleh Kiper said.
- In northern Sumy Oblast, five people were wounded in Russian drone attacks over the past day, the regional military administration said.
- Over central Kyiv, air defense systems were reported to be active, filling the city with sounds of blasts and explosions.
What's still developing
- Russian strikes launched against Ukraine overnight into Saturday included 27 ballistic missiles and only one of them was intercepted, “simply because there are no interceptors for the Patriot system”, Zelenskyy said.
- In retaliation, Ukraine is intensifying its attacks on Russian territory, mainly targeting oil depots.
- With the Russia-Ukraine war in its fifth year, fighting is raging along about 1,200km (750 miles) of front line.
- But Russian advances have slowed by more than half this year, and Ukraine has been launching strikes inside Russia, hitting its oil facilities, logistics sites and weapons production.
- Russia has pounded Kyiv in a heavy ballistic missile and drone attack, killing nine people and wounding 33 others, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns that Ukraine has run out of interceptor missiles for its US Patriot air defence systems.
- This was the second major attack on Kyiv this week.
- The Air Force said that Russia attacked Ukraine overnight with an Onyx and Zircon anti-ship missile, two Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles, and 152 attack drones, 82 of which were jet-powered.
- Estonia can say "with certainty" that the attack overnight on Aug. 15 "was an act of sabotage ordered by the special services of the Russian Federation," Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna said in a statement shared with the Kyiv Independent.
- North Korea is preparing to deploy another 10,000 troops against Ukraine, in addition to the more than 8,000 military personnel currently stationed in Russia.
- On the last day of his official visit to France, Pope Leo XIV called for concessions to create peace between Russia and Ukraine.
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