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Kyiv science academy hit dead as russian jet drones strike across ukraine

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In Short: 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.

The attack occurred in the historic heart of Kyiv, near the German embassy, a cathedral, the national opera, and government buildings.

Volodymyr Gorbulin, a former secretary of Ukraine’s National Security and Defence Council, told state broadcaster Suspilne that he was at work at the academy when it was hit and was slightly wounded.

Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address that nine people had been killed and more than 80 injured in Russian drone strikes throughout the country.

In addition to the academy, a pharmaceutical company, petrol stations, and a medical facility in Kyiv were also hit, according to Zelenskyy.

Elsewhere, Russian strikes killed four and wounded at least 19 at a business centre in Dnipro, while authorities reported an unspecified number of fatalities in a strike on a residential area in eastern Kharkiv.

In Zaporizhzhia, 30 civilians were wounded, three of them seriously, in strikes on the region.

Zelenskyy detailed a report from Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) which showed that Russia had launched a new wave of mobilization for its military.

Emergency officials said the strike on the National Academy of Sciences on Monday killed two people, with one person’s body recovered from the rubble later in the evening.

Footage of the attack on the Academy shows people leaning out of windows as bright orange flames engulf part of the historic building.

The National Academy of Sciences is in the historic heart of Kyiv and not far from the German embassy.

Zelenskyy called for stronger international pressure on the financing and production of Russian weapons, appealing to Ukraine’s partners for a response.

Zelenskyy said on Monday that it had struck Russian oil facilities in the Krasnodar region and two defense plants.

Background

What's confirmed

• A pharmaceutical company, petrol stations and a medical facility were also hit in Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
• The National Academy of Sciences is close to the German embassy, a cathedral, the national opera and government buildings.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky said nine people had been killed and more than 80 injured in Russian drone strikes throughout the country.
• In his nightly video address, Zelensky said Ukraine was still having difficulty countering faster, high-flying Russian jet-powered drones — 90 of 120 drones fired on Ukraine were jet propelled, rather than propeller-driven, and the interception rate was 57 percent.
• In the southeastern city of Dnipro, the Russian drone attack on the business center killed three, officials said.
• “Russia is deliberately expanding the boundaries of what it believes the world will tolerate. Every attack left without a strong response only encourages the next one,” he said, calling on Ukraine’s allies to provide it with more air defenses.
• Zelensky said on ​Monday that it had struck Russian oil facilities in the Krasnodar region and two defense plants.
• In recent weeks, Russia has begun hitting Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with faster, high-flying jet drones.

What's still developing

• Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi said Russian forces damaged an ice cream factory in the Zhytomyr region west of Kyiv, and residential buildings in Sumy, in the north, Rivne, in the north-west, and southern Odesa.
• European governments say Moscow is stepping up its campaign of sabotage and interference against Ukraine's supporters, as Kremlin troops struggle to make headway on the front lines.
• "These are clear examples of attempts to instil fear and fracture our unified support to Ukraine. It isn't working," he said, pointing at Denmark's fast-tracking of fresh aid for Ukraine after the flare incident.
• Kyiv has increasingly faced Russian drones and missiles as Europe's worst conflict since World War II grinds through its fifth year.
• Video footage shared online appeared to show a high-speed drone smashing into the National Academy of Sciences at a sharp angle, exploding and sending acrid smoke into the blue sky above.
• Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said 24 people had been injured in several attacks on the capital, six of ‌whom were being treated ‌in hospital.
• Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed as “utter nonsense” any notion that Moscow is ordering a new mobilization.
• "Ukraine will have to pay a price for the actions that have taken place in recent months," Peskov told reporters.
• On Saturday, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a fiery speech to the U.N. General Assembly that "Europe is doing everything it can to thwart peace talks in which the Trump administration is interested," seeking, as Moscow has done throughout the war, to portray a rift within the NATO alliance.
• 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.
• Fires broke out ⁠across Kyiv and power ⁠outages were 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.

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