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A fire has broken out at a group of buildings housing Ukraine’s cabinet in central Kyiv amid a massive Russian drone strike on the capital city.
Vladimir Putin has so far largely refrained from targeting government buildings in Kyiv’s historic centre, meaning a direct hit on the administrative complex would be an escalation in the more than three-year war.
Russian drone debris also struck four-story residential buildings in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi and Darnytskyi districts, according to mayor Vitallii Klitschko, with the attack as a whole killing two people and injuring 11.
Among the dead was a 1-year child, whose body was dug out of the rubble by rescuers, said Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s city administration.
It is the second time Putin has launched a mass Russian drone and missile attack targeting Kyiv in the span of two weeks, despite claiming to want a peaceful end to the war.
Earlier, sources close to Donald Trump were quoted as saying the US president has become increasingly “pessimistic” about the prospect of ending the conflict in Ukraine.
As well as hitting Kyiv overnight, Russian forces targeted Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine, where three infrastructure facilities were hit.
Oleksandr Vilkul, the head of the city’s defence council, said in a post on Telegram: “Missile threat has ended. Hits recorded at three locations. Transport and city infrastructure facilities, private sector.”
He added that emergency rescue operations were underway at all affected sites.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar7 September 2025 06:16
A one-year-old child was among two people killed in Russia’s drone and missile attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
About 13 others have been injured in the attacks on Kyiv, of whom five, including a pregnant woman, were rushed to a hospital.
An elderly woman died in a shelter in the Darnytskyi district following the attack, according to local reports.
Mr Klitschko reported that debris from Russian drones struck three multi-story residential buildings in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district and another in the Darnytskyi district.
A plume of smoke was seen rising from the roof of Kyiv’s cabinet of ministers building, but it was not immediately clear if the smoke was the result of a direct hit, which would mark an escalation in Russia’s air campaign.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar7 September 2025 05:52
Emergency workers extinguish a fire in an apartment building that was damaged during a Russian drone strike in Kyiv on Sunday 7 September (REUTERS)
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar7 September 2025 05:50
A fire has broken out at a group of buildings housing Ukraine’s cabinet in central Kyiv amid a massive Russian drone strike on the capital city.
Vladimir Putin has so far largely refrained from targeting government buildings in Kyiv’s historic centre, meaning a direct hit on the administrative complex would be an escalation in the more than three-year war.
Russian drone debris also struck four-story residential buildings in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi and Darnytskyi districts, according to mayor Vitallii Klitschko, with the attack as a whole killing two people and injuring 11.
Among the dead was a 1-year child, whose body was dug out of the rubble by rescuers, said Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s city administration.
It is the second time Putin has launched a mass Russian drone and missile attack targeting Kyiv in the span of two weeks, despite claiming to want a peaceful end to the war.
Adam Withnall7 September 2025 05:36