SaveEcoBot
SaveEcoBot is a Ukrainian civic initiative best known for its Telegram bot and interactive online map that monitor air quality, radiation levels and pollution emissions across Ukraine in near real time. The project brings together volunteers and environmental activists who deploy measuring stations and analyse data on environmental contamination, including the fallout from attacks on industrial and energy infrastructure during Russia's war. Its readings are widely cited by Ukrainian media, local authorities and international organisations tracking the environmental impact of the conflict.
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Russia launches massive combined missile and drone strike on Kyiv overnight, killing civilians including a child
In the night of 29–30 September 2026, Russia carried out a large-scale combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine with the main strike direction targeting Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast. Ukrainian air defense reported intercepting 5 ballistic missiles and 155 of 188 launched drones. Two women were killed in Kyiv and a child died in Vyshhorod, where rescuers pulled three survivors from the rubble of a destroyed house. Fires and damage were recorded in four Kyiv districts and across multiple Kyiv Oblast districts, and 8,000 Kyiv households lost power before DTEK restored supply.