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Russian attacks kill at least 9, injure 57 across Ukraine as Kyiv hit by mass missile, drone attack
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In Short: Russian attacks killed four civilians and injured at least 14 others in Donetsk, Kharkiv, and Chernihiv regions over the past 24 hours, while overnight drone strikes sparked fires and damaged civilian property and businesses across several regions, reported the Kyiv Post (Ukraine).
Russian strikes launched against Ukraine overnight into Saturday included 27 ballistic missiles, with only one intercepted, according to Al Jazeera (Qatar). President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, “Our targets are consistently defined facilities that sustain the war effort.”
In Darnytskyi, seven people were killed and 14 injured as the attack caused fires and damaged homes, vehicles, and an administrative building, reported Al Jazeera (Qatar) and Warpbeat.
Al Jazeera (Qatar) reported that Russia pounded Kyiv in a heavy ballistic missile and drone attack, killing nine people and wounding 33 others. Zelenskyy warned that Ukraine has run out of interceptor missiles for its US Patriot air defence systems.
In Solomianskyi, falling debris damaged a five-storey residential building and sparked a fire, and 35 people were evacuated from the upper floors, two died and eight were injured, including two children, according to Al Jazeera (Qatar).
Fires broke out across Kyiv and power outages were reported in some areas, confirmed by Al Jazeera (Qatar) and Warpbeat. This was the second major attack on Kyiv this week.
Russian forces also took control of two more villages across two Ukrainian regions – Olgivka in the northern Kharkiv and Lyubytske in the southeastern Zaporizhia, reported Interfax news agency, cited by Al Jazeera (Qatar).
Hitting back, 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, Zelenskyy said on Saturday.
President Donald Trump said that talks were ongoing, but Washington had not yet agreed to the proposal to give Ukrainians a licence for the Patriot system, despite initially saying earlier this month that he had agreed to it.
Russian and Ukrainian strikes killed at least 16 people over the last 24 hours, both countries said Saturday, with the war still raging in its fifth year, according to Arabnews (Saudi Arabia).
Ukraine kept up its heavy drone assault on Russia, setting fire to a major oil refinery in the south and killing at least two people, reported the Newindianexpress.
Russian attack on a vessel carrying corn in the Black Sea, reported the BBC (United Kingdom).
Al Jazeera (Qatar) and Kyiv Post (Ukraine) reported different casualty figures, with Al Jazeera citing nine killed and 33 wounded in Kyiv, while the Kyiv Post reported four killed and 14 wounded in other regions. Both publications agreed that Russian attacks caused significant damage and casualties across Ukraine, including in Kyiv and other regions.
Background
Russian drone and missile attacks on Kyiv and nearby areas killed four people, damaged energy infrastructure, and shrouded the capital in smoke, according to Ukrainian officials.
Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv overnight, killing at least nine people and injuring 33 others, according to reports from Al Jazeera (Qatar) and Kyivpost (Ukraine).
What's confirmed
- In Darnytskyi, seven people were killed and 14 injured as the attack caused fires and damaged homes, vehicles and an administrative building.
- Fires broke out across Kyiv and power outages were reported in some areas.
- This was the second major attack on Kyiv this week.
What's still developing
- With the Russia-Ukraine war in its fifth year, fighting is raging along about 1,200km (750 miles) of front line.
- Rescuers worked on Thursday to douse fires and clear debris in Ukraine's eastern city of Balakliia after Russian strikes on homes killed three overnight, authorities said on the Telegram messaging app.
- Ukraine has said it deployed an unmanned vehicle that traveled across land and water and delivered ammunition and supplies to its troops in a technological breakthrough that could boost its frontline efforts.
- Speaking at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum, Putin described Zelenskyy’s open letter proposing the meeting as “boorish,” particularly after a May 22 drone attack on a college dormitory in the Russian-controlled Luhansk region that Moscow said killed 21 and wounded scores of others.
- “On September 28, 2026, a Russian strike hit directly on the building of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv—a place where scientists and Academy employees come to work every day,” NASU said in an official statement.
- President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed that the attack "will not go unanswered" after photos posted by local authorities showed the burnt-out metal shell of the vehicles, with bodies and debris strewn across the road.