US EditionRussia Unleashes Record Aerial Barrage on Ukraine, Sets Kyiv Government Building Ablaze
Russia launched over 800 drones and 13 missiles in the largest airstrike since 2022, damaging Kyiv's government building and killing at least four people, Ukrainian officials said.
- On September 7, 2025, Russia launched its largest drone and missile attack of the war, targeting Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with over 800 drones and 13 missiles.
- The attack followed failed peace talks and President Putin's rejection of Western proposals for security guarantees and reassurance forces in Ukraine.
- Russian strikes hit a Kyiv government building for the first time, setting its roof and upper floors on fire, while residential areas suffered casualties, including a mother and her infant.
- Ukrainian officials confirmed at least four fatalities and dozens more injured, while Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko emphasized that although the damaged buildings can be rebuilt, the lives lost are irreplaceable.
- The attack deepened concerns over the conflict's escalation and led world leaders, including President Zelensky, to call for increased sanctions and global pressure on Russia to end the war.
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KIEV. It was a cruise missile, not drone debris, that hit the government building in Kiev early Sunday morning. The top floor was destroyed – but it could have been much worse.
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Russia struck Kyiv govt building with Iskander ballistic missile, Ukraine says
Russia used an Iskander ballistic missile in its deadly attack on a Ukrainian government building in Kyiv on Sunday, a top Ukraine official said. The impact of the powerful missile, which did not fully detonate, left a “gaping hole” in the building, and several people dead.
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