Printed On 28 Aug 2025
Russia has launched a drone and missile assault on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, together with a uncommon hit on the town centre, killing not less than eight folks and wounding dozens of others, authorities stated.
Highly effective explosions illuminated the predawn sky on Thursday, leaving columns of smoke as Russian projectiles broken buildings throughout a number of districts within the Ukrainian capital.
The assault marked the primary main mixed assault on Kyiv in weeks, occurring as United States-led peace initiatives wrestle to achieve momentum within the three-year battle.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated not less than eight folks had been killed within the assault.
Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko stated two kids had been amongst these killed, citing preliminary info.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko characterised it as a “large assault” inflicting widespread injury. He stated not less than 38 folks had been wounded, together with 30 who had been admitted to hospital.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the town’s navy administration, reported that Moscow launched ballistic and cruise missiles together with Iranian-designed Shahed drones from a number of instructions to “systematically” goal residential buildings.
Pink tracer rounds streaked via the night time sky as defenders tried to intercept drones above the town centre, with not less than one missile showing to be shot down. Roughly 100 residents sought shelter in a subway station, some in sleeping luggage or holding pets.
A five-storey constructing collapsed within the Darnytskyi district, whereas a shopping center within the metropolis centre was struck, Klitschko said.
Ukrainian officers additionally reported a Russian strike within the Zaporizhia area on Thursday.
Russian authorities claimed they destroyed greater than 100 Ukrainian drones in a single day, whereas an assault reportedly prompted a fireplace at an oil refinery within the Krasnodar area with out casualties.
Russian forces have been making gradual however regular territorial good points in latest months as diplomatic efforts have intensified. Trump not too long ago held high-profile conferences with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, and later with Zelenskyy, in addition to European allies.
Nonetheless, diplomatic progress stays restricted. Ukraine seeks Western safety ensures in opposition to future Russian assaults earlier than finalising any peace settlement. Moscow has dismissed Kyiv’s calls for as unrealistic, notably opposing Western peacekeeping forces in Ukraine.
Zelenskyy introduced on Wednesday that Ukrainian officers would meet their US counterparts in New York on Friday. The Ukrainian chief famous “very conceited and unfavourable alerts from Moscow concerning the negotiations”, calling for extra “stress” to “pressure Russia to take actual steps”.
