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Russian Barrage Sets Kyiv Government HQ Ablaze, Killing Three

Ukrainian authorities reported a record drone swarm preceding missile strikes that hit multiple cities.

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Dos agentes de policía en una zona afectada por un ataque ruso en Ucrania.
Kyiv (Ukraine), 07/09/2025.- A handout photo released by the press service of the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine shows smoke rising over the buildings housing Ukraine's cabinet in central Kyiv, Ukraine, 07 September 2025, amid the Russian invasion. At least two people were killed, including a child, and dozens were injured after Russian forces launched an overnight attack over Ukraine with more than 800 drones and 13 missiles, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. (Rusia, Ucrania, Kiev) EFE/EPA/STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE HANDOUT -- BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE -- MANDATORY CREDIT: STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE -- HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE ONLY/NO SALES
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Overview

  • Officials said the overnight assault began with waves of drones followed by missiles, igniting a government building in Kyiv’s Pecherskyi district for the first time in the war.
  • At least three people were killed in the capital, including a baby, and roughly 18 were injured as multiple residential buildings were damaged and fires broke out.
  • Ukraine’s air force reported Russia launched about 805 Shahed and decoy drones—a new record—along with Iskander missiles, claiming 747 drones and several missiles were intercepted.
  • Local authorities reported additional strikes in Kremenchuk with power outages, damage to infrastructure in Kryvyi Rih, and injuries and apartment fires in Odesa.
  • A Ukrainian drone commander said Kyiv-linked forces set fire to Russia’s Druzhba oil pipeline in Bryansk, a claim not confirmed by Moscow.