The number of people injured in the overnight strikes has risen to 20, with others feared trapped under the rubble, Kyiv’s mayor has said.
“The death of two people — a young woman and her two-month-old son — has been confirmed,” Vitali Klitschko said.
“Search and rescue operations are ongoing at the most heavily damaged residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district. There may still be people trapped under the rubble.”
Major Russian oil pipeline struck overnight, Ukraine’s military claims
Ukraine’s military claimed it attacked a major oil pipeline in Russia overnight, setting fire to a pumping station in the Bryansk region.
The Druzhba pipeline carries oil from eastern Russia via Belarus to European countries including Hungary and the Czech Republic.
Robert Brovdi, the head of the “Madyar’s Birds” aerial forces unit, posted a video on the messaging app Telegram and claimed that the drone strike had caused “comprehensive fire damage” to an oil pump.
Ukraine’s military said the LVDS 8-N facility “is of strategic importance for ensuring the transportation of oil products for the Russian occupation army”. The general staff of the armed forces said: “Numerous hits were recorded, followed by a fire in the area of the pumping station and the tank farm.”
Russia has not yet commented on the reports.
Dog walkers and scooters return to streets of Kyiv. even as fires still rage
Early on Sunday, on Kyiv’s Maidan Square smoke rose from behind the Hotel Ukraine, from within the government district (writes Jack Clover in Kyiv).
A Russian missile is shot down in Kyiv overnight
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The very centre of Kyiv is heavily protected by anti-aircraft guns from Russian strikes but this morning one missile slipped though and struck the Cabinet of Ministers building, the seat of Ukraine’s government.
On the road leading to building, passersby walk their dogs and race past on electric scooters. Entry to this government quarter is blocked and anti-tank obstacles line the pavement. High above a helicopter circles and joins the efforts to extinguish the blaze.
Mother, 32, and two-month-old son killed in Kyiv
A mother and her two-month-old son were killed in the strikes on Kyiv, Ukraine’s national police said.
Three people were killed in a strike on a residential block in Kyiv, including the mother and child
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The bodies of the 32-year-old woman and the infant were recovered from the rubble after a nine-storey building in the Sviatoshynskyi district was partially destroyed overnight.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city’s military administration, said the baby’s father suffered serious injuries.
Homes were also damaged in the Darnytskyi district. “Enemy drones flew into ordinary people, into ordinary apartments — right into the windows,” Tkachenko said in a post on Telegram
First lady offers condolences to victims
Olena Zelenska, Ukraine’s first lady, said “a record-breaking 800 drones flew at peaceful cities, residential buildings and infrastructure.”
In a social media post, President Zelensky’s wife said that “once again” Russian strikes “took innocent lives”.
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“The shelling with missiles and drones continued until the morning. My condolences to all those who suffered injuries and losses. Today, Ukrainians are united in grief and in their strength to support each other.”
‘World can stop Kremlin criminals from killing’ — Zelensky
President Zelenksy condemned the attacks as “a deliberate crime and a prolongation of the war.”
He called for more sanctions on Russia and urged Western leaders to implement the plan agreed at Thursday’s meeting of the “Coalition of the Willing” in Paris.
Residents of Kyiv moved into bunkers as the attacks unfolded
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“It has been repeatedly said in Washington that sanctions will follow a refusal to talk,” Zelensky said in a social media post. “The world can force the Kremlin criminals to stop the killings — all that is needed is political will. I thank everyone who is helping.”
The Paris summit, chaired by President Macron of France and Sir Keir Starmer, saw 26 countries commit to helping with security guarantees for Ukraine — including the potential deployment of troops — in the event of a peace deal. President Putin responded by warning that Western troops in Ukraine would become “legitimate targets for destruction”.
Presidents Zlensky and Macron at a Coalition of the Willing summit in Paris on September 4
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Overnight air attack is Russia’s largest of the war
Russia launched its largest air assault of the war on Ukraine overnight, killing a young woman and an infant and hitting a key government building in Kyiv for the first time.
The Ukrainian air force said the attack involved 810 drones and 13 cruise and ballistic missiles, targeting Kyiv, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Kremenchuk, Odesa and other cities.
Smoke was seen rising above the Maidan square in the centre of the capital, as the Cabinet of Ministers building near Ukraine’s parliament caught fire.
Yulia Svyrydenko, Ukraine’s new prime minister, said: “Yes for the first time as a result of an enemy attack the building of the cabinet of ministers was damaged. The ceiling and upper floors,” she said. “We can repair buildings but we cannot replace lives lost.”
President Zelensky condemned the Russian attacks which targeted several major cities
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