LONDON — Ukraine’s cupboard constructing in Kyiv was among the many targets of Russia’s largest drone and missile assault of the conflict in a single day into Sunday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated.
Ukraine’s air pressure stated in a submit to Telegram that Russia launched 810 drones and 13 missiles into the nation within the newest barrage, of which 747 drones and 4 missiles have been shot down. 9 missiles and 54 drones impacted throughout 33 places, the air pressure stated.
The whole of 823 munitions made the assault Russia’s largest thus far, surpassing the 741 munitions reported by the air pressure on July 9.
Zelenskyy stated not less than two folks had been killed within the assault, which noticed impacts reported in Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Chernihiv, Dnipro, Kremenchuk and Odesa areas.
This handout {photograph} posted on Sept. 7, 2025 on the official Telegram channel of Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko exhibits rescue personnel working to extinguish a fireplace on the Ukrainian authorities constructing in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stated on Telegram that the assault broken the “roof and higher flooring” of the cupboard constructing positioned within the historic Pecherskyi district within the middle of town, which is dwelling to many authorities buildings.
“Rescuers are extinguishing the fireplace,” Svyrydenko wrote. “I thank them for his or her work. We’ll restore the buildings. However misplaced lives can’t be returned. The enemy terrorizes and kills our folks throughout the nation daily.”
Each the prime minister and president urged a direct response from the worldwide group and extra army help for Kyiv.
“Such killings now, when actual diplomacy may have began way back, are a deliberate crime and a prolongation of the conflict,” Zelenskyy wrote.
Ukrainian defenders down a Russian missile as smoke rises from town throughout a Russian missile strike on in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 7, 2025.
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“It has been repeatedly said in Washington that there can be sanctions for refusal to speak. We should implement the whole lot agreed upon in Paris,” the president added, referring to final week’s assembly with European leaders and digital talks with U.S. President Donald Trump within the French capital.
The in a single day barrage prompted the scrambling of NATO fighter jets in Poland, the nation’s Armed Forces Operational Command wrote on X.
“Polish and allied plane are working in our airspace and ground-based air protection and radar reconnaissance techniques have reached a state of most readiness,” the command stated. The alert final for round three hours.
Russia’s Protection Ministry, in the meantime, stated its forces shot down 69 Ukrainian drones in a single day.
Folks take a look at smoke rise over a constructing of the Ukrainian authorities headquaters after Russian drone and missile strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 7, 2025.
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