Ukraine cabinet building hit in largest Russian strike of war, Zelenskyy says

[ad_1] LONDON -- Ukraine's cupboard constructing in Kyiv was among the many targets of Russia's largest drone and missile assault of the conflict in a single day into Sunday morning, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated.

Ukraine's air pressure stated in a publish to Telegram that Russia launched 810 drones and 13 missiles into the nation within the newest barrage, of which 747 drones and 4 missiles have been shot down. 9 missiles and 54 drones impacted throughout 33 places, the air pressure stated.

The overall of 823 munitions made the assault Russia's largest to this point, surpassing the 741 munitions reported by the air pressure on July 9.

No less than three folks have been killed within the assault on Kyiv, native officers stated. Elsewhere, impacts have been reported in Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, Chernihiv, Dnipro, Kremenchuk and Odesa areas.

No less than eight civilians have been killed and 59 injured by Russian assaults throughout Ukraine, native officers stated.

This handout {photograph} posted on Sept. 7, 2025 on the official Telegram channel of Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko exhibits rescue personnel working to extinguish a fireplace on the Ukrainian authorities constructing in Kyiv, Ukraine.

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Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko stated on Telegram that the assault broken the "roof and higher flooring" of the cupboard constructing situated within the historic Pecherskyi district within the middle of the town, which is house to many authorities buildings.

"Rescuers are extinguishing the fireplace," Svyrydenko wrote. "I thank them for his or her work. We are going to restore the buildings. However misplaced lives can't be returned. The enemy terrorizes and kills our folks throughout the nation on daily basis."

Each the prime minister and president urged a direct response from the worldwide group and extra army help for Kyiv.

"Such killings now, when actual diplomacy might have began way back, are a deliberate crime and a prolongation of the conflict," Zelenskyy wrote.

Ukrainian defenders down a Russian missile as smoke rises from the town throughout a Russian missile strike on in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 7, 2025.

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"It has been repeatedly acknowledged in Washington that there will probably be sanctions for refusal to speak. We should implement the whole lot agreed upon in Paris," the president added, referring to final week's assembly with European leaders and digital talks with U.S. President Donald Trump within the French capital.

The in a single day barrage prompted the scrambling of NATO fighter jets in Poland, the nation's Armed Forces Operational Command wrote on X.

"Polish and allied plane are working in our airspace and ground-based air protection and radar reconnaissance methods have reached a state of most readiness," the command stated. The alert final for round three hours.

Russia's Protection Ministry, in the meantime, stated its forces shot down 69 Ukrainian drones in a single day.

Particles from one Russian drone fell on the territory of the Ilsky Oil Refinery within the Krasnodar area, native officers stated, inflicting a fireplace at one of many technological installations which was rapidly extinguished with no casualties.

Voronezh regional Gov. Governor Alexander Gusev stated one farm employee was severely injured when a downed drone crashed. Personal properties, farm buildings and energy traces have been broken, Gusev stated.

Within the border area of Belgorod, Gov. Vyacheslav Gladkov stated that one individual was injured by a drone assault that additionally broken an administrative constructing.

Individuals take a look at smoke rise over a constructing of the Ukrainian authorities headquaters after Russian drone and missile strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 7, 2025.