Overview

• Overnight drones and missiles struck multiple districts in the capital, igniting fires in high‑rise blocks and damaging several apartment buildings, authorities said.
• Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko confirmed the Cabinet of Ministers building sustained roof and upper‑floor damage as firefighters battled the blaze.
• Kyiv officials reported at least three dead, including an infant, and 18 injured; an elderly woman died in a shelter in the Darnytskyi district.
• Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched 805 drones and 13 missiles, with defenses downing 751 drones and four missiles.
• Regional strikes wounded residents and damaged infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia, Kremenchuk, Kryvyi Rih, Odesa and other cities, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy tallied more than 1,300 drones used against Ukraine so far in September.