Vitali Klitschko
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Russia hits Kyiv with massive missile and drone attack hours after Trump envoys leave
Russia launched a combined missile and drone assault on Kyiv overnight on September 7–8, striking the capital with ballistic and cruise missiles, anti-ship missiles, and 166 strike drones. At least two people were killed, more than 50 civilian objects were damaged across multiple districts, and air defenses downed 175 of the incoming targets. The attack came shortly after US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner left the city following talks with President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Russia pounds Ukraine with missiles and over 120 drones overnight; strikes kill civilians and two police officers
In the night of September 3–4, Russia launched a large-scale aerial attack on Ukraine using a Kh-31 guided missile and 121 drones, about half of them jet-powered. Ukrainian air defenses reported intercepting most of the incoming weapons, but strikes hit multiple regions including Kyiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Cherkasy, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, killing at least two civilians and two police officers. A fire at a Rosneft oil depot in Sochi was also reported during the same night.
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Russian drone strikes SBU headquarters in central Kyiv, hits building opposite Saint Sophia Cathedral
On September 4, a Russian drone struck the central building of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) on Volodymyrska Street in central Kyiv, opposite Saint Sophia Cathedral. A fire broke out and part of the floor structure and outer wall were destroyed. President Volodymyr Zelensky said the drone was directed at the office of acting SBU head Oleksandr Poklad, who was not in the building at the time, and ordered preparation of an adequate, tangible, and where possible mirror response.
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Ukraine shoots down Russian Geran-5 jet-powered drones near Kyiv for second day running
Ukrainian air defense intercepted Russian Geran-5 jet-powered strike drones in the Kyiv area for the second consecutive day on September 3, according to presidential advisor Serhiy "Flash" Beskrestnov. Six people in Kyiv, including a 12-year-old girl, were injured by falling drone debris as air raid alerts were declared six times across the capital.
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Russian drone strikes on Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast damage pharmaceutical warehouse and WHO depot
On 3 September 2026, Russian drones struck targets across Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast, hitting the Biokon pharmaceutical logistics complex and a WHO humanitarian warehouse in the Boryspil district, as well as residential areas in multiple Kyiv districts. Casualty counts in Kyiv climbed through the day as Mayor Klitschko updated figures, while oblast authorities reported four people affected, including two elderly residents with acute stress reactions. Russian forces also struck Ukrnafta production facilities overnight in a concurrent attack on energy infrastructure.