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Russian Strikes Kill 9, Wound 56 in Ukraine
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In Short: Russian air strikes and drone attacks overnight into Saturday killed nine people and injured 56 others across Ukraine, according to local authorities.
Russian air strikes and drone attacks overnight into Saturday killed nine people and injured 56 others across Ukraine, according to local authorities.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a residential building in Shevchenkivskyi district was partially destroyed, trapping people inside.
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 Sumy, earlier Russian glide bombs struck homes and a school, killing two people and injuring six.
The Russian Embassy in Ireland cited what it called “information” that NATO is preparing an air and naval blockade of Kaliningrad Oblast.
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.
Lithuania’s embassy in Kyiv was also damaged after two missiles landed nearby during a Russian attack, the Lithuanian Foreign Ministry said.
Emergency services flooded the area, and armed officers cordoned off surrounding streets shortly after the attack.
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 eastern Donetsk Oblast, six people were injured in Russian attacks over the past day, regional Governor Vadym Filashkin said.
In southern Kherson Oblast, five people were injured as Russian forces attacked critical infrastructure and residential areas, regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.
Russia acknowledged the massive overnight assault, saying it had hit a data centre in the capital supporting Ukraine's armed forces, various power plants in the Kyiv region, an industrial complex in Odesa region, and port infrastructure in Izmail.
What this adds
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.
The first successful interceptions under the program were announced in March, when a company's unit downed Russian drones in Kharkiv Oblast.
Ukraine's neighbours, European Union and NATO members Romania and Poland, both scrambled military jets to protect their airspaces amid Russian attacks on Ukraine, according to defence ministry and armed forces statements on X.
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
- The attack early on Wednesday killed two and injured four in the capital, Kyiv City Military Administration said on Telegram, and Mayor Vitali Klitschko said fires broke out, affecting private houses along with a store and a warehouse.
- Tymur Tkachenko, Kyiv regional governor, writing on Telegram, said that a Russian missile and a drone strike killed a child and injured three more people in the area, also damaging infrastructure facilities, houses, warehouses and cars.
- Ukraine's neighbours, European Union and NATO members Romania and Poland, both scrambled military jets to protect their airspaces amid Russian attacks on Ukraine, according to defence ministry and armed forces statements on X.
- A Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian Samara region, an oil producing and refining hub some 1100km southeast from Moscow, has damaged private houses, Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev said on social media platform VK.
- Russian air strikes have killed three, including a child, and injured another seven people in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv and the surrounding region.
What's still developing
- "Russian terrorists and simply unhinged scumbags. To strike at children, at schools, at ordinary homes like this. America, Europe, all our partners must not forget that Russia will not stop this madness without real pressure," he said.
- Zelenskiy also said that talks were proceeding to ensure that Ukraine has a supply of missiles for the Patriot air defence system, which play a critical role in intercepting Russian ballistic missiles.
- Zelenskiy said tests were continuing to improve the efficiency of Ukrainian interceptors against Russian jet-powered drones, which fly higher and faster than conventional drones.
- Of more than 100 Russian drones deployed on Tuesday, he said, 29 were jet-powered and 18 of those had been downed.
- Reuters could not immediately independently verify the reports.
- One local resident, a 33-year-old man who gave only his first name, Oleh, told Reuters he believed conditions in both Kyiv and Moscow would worsen before they improved.
- Eighty-one companies are now authorized to form private air defense units — up from 51 in mid-July — the Defense Ministry said on Sept. 16, as the country, and particularly Kyiv and the surrounding area, come under near-constant Russian attack.
- The first successful interceptions under the program were announced in March, when a company's unit downed Russian drones in Kharkiv Oblast.
- Air raid alerts were issued for residents of the Lublin and Podkarpackie regions this morning, as Polish fighter jets scrambled preventively amid Russian drone attacks on Ukraine As Russia shifts its bombardment tactics to near-hourly drone attacks throughout the day, increasingly targeting civilian infrastructure, more businesses are joining the program.
- Ukrainian forces also struck three ground control stations for Russian drones, alongside other targets, the General Staff said.
- "The Black Sea blockade is part of his plan," Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said, as Russian strikes against ports and vessels in Ukrainian waters are choking off Ukraine's agricultural exports.
- Before voting began, Putin addressed the country on television and said the election would show public support for Russian soldiers fighting in Ukraine.