Kyiv:
At the very least 12 folks, together with an Indian nationwide, have been killed, and greater than a dozen others have been injured in Russia’s in a single day air assault in and round Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky stated. Moscow’s giant aerial assault on the broader Kyiv area got here at a time when Russian President Vladimir Putin was in Kyrgyzstan’s capital, Bishkek, for the twenty sixth Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit, the place he met Prime Minister Modi and mentioned regional and international points.
The in a single day strikes marked the sixth consecutive day of strikes within the Ukrainian capital, the place authorities stated residential buildings and different civilian infrastructure have been broken, as emergency crews responded to fires at a number of places.
Taking to social media, Zelenskyy stated that since Monday night, guided aerial bomb and drone strikes have continued towards Odesa and the area.
In lots of cities and communities, work to handle the aftermath of the Russian assault has been ongoing since final night time – almost 350 first responders are concerned in Kyiv and the area alone. A big variety of jet-powered drones and ballistic missiles have been used within the… pic.twitter.com/8cg4ik0V2F
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 1, 2026
“General, 12 folks have been killed, amongst them an Indian citizen, and dozens extra have been injured within the assault,” he stated.
“My condolences to everybody who has misplaced family members and people near them.”
In accordance with the president, numerous jet-powered drones and ballistic missiles have been used within the assault, damaging residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.
The Ukrainian chief additional alleged that Russia’s strikes have been calculated “to destroy lives as a lot as doable –and it succeeds solely when air defence sources are inadequate.”
Ukraine, which has been engaged in struggle with Russia since February 2022, is now dealing with a scarcity of interceptor missiles, significantly US-made Patriot programs used towards ballistic threats. Moscow has been exploiting this essential international scarcity of air defence interceptor missiles, principally attributed to the US struggle in Iran, and has ramped up airstrikes towards Ukraine.
It has sharply elevated each the quantity and depth of its drone strikes on export infrastructure within the Odesa area, house to Ukraine’s most important Black Sea ports in addition to the main Danube river ports of Reni and Izmail. Moscow assaults have additionally successfully blocked the seaports, which as soon as dealt with 90 per cent of the nation’s exports, forcing Kyiv to divert cargo by means of Danube river ports with decrease capability and to railway crossings on the western border
