Massive Russian drone and missile assault on Kyiv kills 4 and wounds a minimum of 10 : NPR

KYIV, Ukraine — No less than 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 by way of Telegram, and mentioned 10 others had been wounded within the assault that focused civilian areas throughout the town. A 12-year-old lady was among the many useless. Thick black smoke might be seen rising from a blast close to the town heart.

“The Russians have restarted the kid dying counter,” Tkachenko wrote on Telegram.

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

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

Zaporizhzhia’s regional head, Ivan Fedorov, mentioned 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 title.

“This vile assault got here nearly (at) the shut of UN Basic Meeting week, and that is precisely how Russia declares its true place. Moscow desires to maintain combating and killing, and it deserves the hardest stress from the world,” Zelenskyy wrote.

Talking on the U.N. Basic Meeting, Russian Overseas Minister Sergey Lavrov insisted to world leaders Saturday that his nation would 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 mentioned injury was reported at greater than 20 places throughout the capital.

At Kyiv’s central prepare station, passengers arrived to the crackle of anti-aircraft gunfire and the low buzz of assault drones. Principally girls, 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 web site of an residence buildings broken throughout a Russian assault in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025.

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“The sky has turned black once more,” mentioned one girl on the station, who gave solely her first title, Erika. “It is occurring loads.”

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 “a whole lot of drones and missiles.” “We should maximise the price of additional escalation for Russia,” Sybiha mentioned, 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 considerations have mounted lately that the combating may unfold past Ukraine’s borders as European nations rebuked Russia for what they mentioned had been provocations. The incidents have included Russian drones touchdown on Polish soil and Russian fighter plane getting into Estonian airspace.

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

The most recent bombardment follows President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s announcement Saturday of what he known as a “mega deal” for weapons purchases from america. The $90 billion package deal consists of each the key arms settlement and a separate “drone deal” for Ukrainian-made drones that the U.S. will buy straight.

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