Kyiv, Ukraine — An enormous Russian drone and missile assault on Ukraine’s capital early Thursday, together with a uncommon strike within the heart of the town, killed not less than ten folks and wounded some 48, native authorities stated.
It was the primary main Russian mixed assault on Kyiv in weeks as U.S.-led peace efforts to finish the three-year warfare struggled to realize traction.
Ukraine’s air power stated Russia fired 629 drones and missiles and Ukraine downed all however 40 of them, including that it was the second largest such assault of the warfare, Reuters and AFP reported.
Firefighters work on the web site of a burning constructing after a Russian assault in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Aug. 28, 2025.
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Among the many lifeless had been two kids, Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko stated, citing preliminary info. The numbers had been anticipated to rise. Rescue groups had been on web site to tug out folks trapped beneath the rubble.
“Russia chooses ballistics instead of the negotiating table,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated in a put up on X following the assault. “We expect a response from everyone in the world who has called for peace but now more often stays silent rather than taking principled positions.”
Russia launched decoy drones, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, stated Tymur Tkachenko, the top of Kyiv’s metropolis administration. No less than 20 places throughout seven districts of Kyiv had been impacted. Practically 100 buildings had been broken, together with a shopping center, and 1000’s of home windows had been shattered, he stated.
A person embraces a baby as they stand on the web site of buildings hit by Russian missile and drone strikes on Kyiv, Ukraine on August 28, 2025.
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In the meantime the Kremlin’s Protection Ministry stated Russia intercepted 102 Ukrainian drones in a single day, Reuters reported, including that Ukraine’s drone forces commander stated his nation’s assault focused oil refineries in Afipsky and Kuybyshevskyi.
Moscow denies focusing on civilians however has elevated strikes in the previous few months on Ukrainian cities and cities a great distance from the warfare’s entrance traces.
Russian strikes hit the central a part of Kyiv, one of many few occasions Russian assaults have reached the guts of the town for the reason that begin of the full-scale invasion. Residents cleared shattered glass and particles from broken buildings.
Smoke billowed from the crumbled column of a five-story residential constructing within the Darnytskyi district that suffered a direct hit. An acrid stench of burning materials wafted within the air as firefighters labored to include the blaze.
Amid the destruction, emergency responders looked for survivors and extracted our bodies. Crowds of residents stood close by, ready for relations to be retrieved from the rubble. Our bodies in black luggage had been positioned along side the constructing.
Residents within the neighborhood stated it wasn’t the primary time their district was focused.
Oleksandr Khilko arrived on the scene after a missile hit the residential constructing the place his sister lives. He heard screams from individuals who had been trapped underneath the rubble and pulled out three survivors, together with a boy.
“It’s inhuman, striking civilians,” he stated, his garments coated in mud and the information of his fingers black with soot. “With every cell of my body I want this war to end as soon as possible. I wait, but every time the air raid alarm sounds, I am afraid.”
Ukraine’s nationwide railway operator, Ukrzaliznytsia, reported harm to its infrastructure within the Vinnytsia and Kyiv areas, inflicting delays and forcing trains to make use of different routes.
Thursday’s assault is the primary main mixed Russian mass drone and missile assault to strike Kyiv since President Trump met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska earlier this month to debate ending the warfare in Ukraine.
Whereas a diplomatic push for peace appeared to realize momentum shortly after that assembly, few particulars have emerged about subsequent steps.
Western leaders have accused Putin of dragging his toes in peace efforts and avoiding critical negotiations whereas Russian troops transfer deeper into Ukraine. This week, Ukrainian navy leaders conceded Russian forces have damaged into an eighth area of Ukraine in search of to seize extra floor.
Zelenskyy hopes for harsher U.S. sanctions to cripple the Russian financial system if Putin doesn’t display seriousness about ending the warfare. He reiterated these calls for following Thursday’s assault.
“All deadlines have already been broken, dozens of opportunities for diplomacy ruined,” Zelenskyy stated.
Mr. Trump bristled this week at Putin’s stalling on an American proposal for direct peace talks with Zelenskyy. He stated Friday he expects to determine on subsequent steps in two weeks if direct talks aren’t scheduled.
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