Russia sustains week-long aerial campaign on Kyiv

Russian airstrikes on Kyiv and surrounding regions entered their seventh day by September 2, 2026, killing at least 12–13 people and wounding dozens. Attacks hit civilian infrastructure, rail facilities, and residential buildings; a strike on Odesa region cut power to much of the area.

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Russian barrage kills 12 in Kyiv region

kite:worldother28d ago kagi ↗

Russia launched a large overnight missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region on September 1, killing at least 12 people and injuring 18, according to Ukrainian officials and local authorities [kyivindependent.com#2][unian.ua#1][meduza.io#1][svoboda.org#1][ad.nl#1][bd.nl#1]. Kyiv officials reported eight deaths and five injuries in the capital, while authorities in the surrounding

Russia strikes Ukraine capital for sixth straight day, killing at least 9

rss:scmpinternational28d ago kagi ↗

Nine people were killed and over a dozen injured in Russian air attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region on Tuesday, authorities said, in the sixth consecutive day of ‌strikes on the Ukrainian capital. Attacks both in Ukraine and Russia continue as efforts are ongoing to find a solution to end the deadliest conflict on the European continent since World War II, which started with Moscow’s full-s

Russia targets Kyiv and its region for sixth consecutive night of attacks

rss:france24international28d ago kagi ↗

At least nine people have been killed and 14 injured in Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight. Moscow targeted Kyiv and the wider region in the attack, hitting a railway depot in the Kyiv. Russia's defence ministry said it had also struck infrastructure in the Southern Odesa region. Russia has intensified strikes on the beleaguered Ukrainian cities in recent weeks disrupting the daily lives of mill

Russia kills at least 12 on sixth night of drone attacks on Kyiv

rss:guardian-worldinternational28d ago kagi ↗

Zelenskyy says Moscow is capitalising on shortage of US-made Patriot interceptors to lower morale in capital Europe live – latest updates At least 12 people have been killed in and around Kyiv overnight as Ukraine’s capital endured a sixth consecutive night of Russian drone and missile attacks aimed at shattering infrastructure and lowering the morale of the city. Eight of the dead were reported k

'Massive' Russian missile, drone attacks on Kyiv

rss:france24international28d ago kagi ↗

Russian air attacks killed 12 people and injured several more in Kyiv early on Tuesday, authorities said, in the sixth consecutive day of strikes on the Ukrainian capital. Russia, which began its full-scale invasion of its smaller neighbour in 2022, has escalated its air attacks in recent months, as gains made on the ground have slowed.

At least 12 killed and over a dozen injured in Russian strikes on Kyiv

rss:france24international28d ago kagi ↗

Russian air attacks killed 12 people and injured many more in Kyiv and the surrounding region early on September 1, authorities said, marking the sixth straight day of intense strikes on the Ukrainian capital. Those injured three children, just as Ukrainian pupils return to school. In a new tactic, Moscow has sent swarms of new jet-powered drones to ⁠plague Kyiv and nearby areas day and night, kil

Russia targets Ukraine’s rail network as war enters deadly new phase

rss:guardian-worldinternational28d ago kagi ↗

Six employees killed on Tuesday after Moscow escalates attacks on infrastructure and Ukrainian capital Russia has opened a deadly new phase in its war against Ukraine by deliberately targeting the country’s railway network, with six employees killed on Tuesday in the latest strikes on Kyiv. Ukraine’s state-owned railway company, Ukrzaliznytsia, said its workers died when a ballistic missile plunge

Ukraine war latest: Russian attacks hit Kyiv for 7th consecutive day, at least 13 injured

rss:kyivindependentinternational27d ago kagi ↗

Key developments on Sept. 2: * Russian drones strike central Kyiv, at least 13 injured * Shootout between SBU and HUR in Kyiv during investigation of Russian FSB plot * Zelensky appoints new Ground Forces commander * Ukraine strikes Russian depots, confirms MiG-29, Ka-27 destroyed in earlier attacks * Zelensky announces new air alert system as Russia strikes Kyiv for seventh consecutive day At lea