Giant Russian drone and missile assault on Kyiv kills 4 and wounds a minimum of 10

KYIV, Ukraine — At the least 4 individuals had been killed when Russia unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine in a single day into Sunday, with the capital metropolis of Kyiv struggling the heaviest assault.

That is the primary main bombardment since an air assault on Kyiv killed a minimum of 21 individuals final month.

Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Metropolis Administration, confirmed Sunday’s casualties through Telegram, and stated 10 others had been wounded within the assault that focused civilian areas throughout town. A 12-year-old woman was among the many lifeless. Thick black smoke could possibly be seen rising from a blast close to town middle.

“The Russians have restarted the child death counter,” Tkachenko wrote on Telegram.

Writing on X, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated the large-scale assaults concerned “nearly 500 strike drones and more than 40 missiles.”

Apart from Kyiv, he stated the bombardment focused the areas of Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, and Odesa. In line with Zelenskyy, a minimum of 40 individuals had been wounded throughout the nation.

Zaporizhzhia’s regional head, Ivan Fedorov, stated three youngsters had been among the many 27 wounded within the area, including that over two dozen buildings had been broken within the area’s capital that bears the identical identify.

“This vile attack came virtually (at) the close of UN General Assembly week, and this is exactly how Russia declares its true position. Moscow wants to keep fighting and killing, and it deserves the toughest pressure from the world,” Zelenskyy wrote.

Talking on the U.N. Common Meeting, Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov insisted to world leaders Saturday that his nation does not intend to assault Europe however will mount a “decisive response” to any aggression.

The strikes that started in a single day and continued after daybreak on Sunday additionally focused residential buildings, civilian infrastructure, a medical facility and a kindergarten, in accordance with Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, who additionally stated harm was reported at greater than 20 places throughout the capital.

At Kyiv’s central practice station, passengers arrived to the crackle of anti-aircraft gunfire and the low buzz of assault drones. Principally ladies, they waited quietly in a platform underpass till the air raid alert ended. Mother and father checked the information on their telephones whereas youngsters performed on-line video games.

Individuals clear the rubble on the website of an condominium buildings broken throughout a Russian assault in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025.

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“The sky has turned black again,” stated one lady on the station, who gave solely her first identify, Erika. “It’s happening a lot.”

At a multi-story residential constructing closely broken by a drone assault, a big part of the higher flooring was gutted and home windows blown out. Emergency companies personnel, together with firefighters with an prolonged ladder truck, used energy saws to clear the particles. Piles of glass littered close by sidewalks as constructing residents, some trying shaken, sat on benches.

Ukraine’s Overseas Minister Andrii Sybiha described the scope of the assault as involving “hundreds of drones and missiles.” “We must maximise the cost of further escalation for Russia,” Sybiha stated, writing on X.

Russian officers didn’t instantly touch upon the assaults.

The assault additionally triggered navy responses in neighboring Poland, the place fighter jets had been deployed early Sunday morning as Russia struck targets in western Ukraine, in accordance with the Polish armed forces.

Polish navy officers characterised these defensive measures as “preventative.”

Worldwide issues have mounted lately that the preventing may unfold past Ukraine’s borders as European nations rebuked Russia for what they stated had been provocations. The incidents have included Russian drones touchdown on Polish soil and Russian fighter plane coming into Estonian airspace.

Russia denied its planes entered Estonian airspace and stated none of its drones focused Poland.

The newest bombardment follows President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s announcement Saturday of what he referred to as a “mega deal” for weapons purchases from the US. The $90 billion package deal contains each the foremost arms settlement and a separate “drone deal” for Ukrainian-made drones that the U.S. will buy instantly.

In the meantime, Russia’s Protection Ministry stated its air defenses shot down 41 Ukrainian drones in a single day into Sunday.