Large Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills 4 and wounds at least 10

28/09/2025

Large Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv kills 4 and wounds at least 10

People walk near apartment buildings damaged after a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine on Sept 28. (AP)

KYIV, Ukraine, Sept 28, (AP): At least four people were killed when Russia unleashed a barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine overnight into Sunday, with the capital city of Kyiv suffering the heaviest assault. This is the first major bombardment since an air attack on Kyiv killed at least 21 people last month.

Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Administration, confirmed Sunday’s casualties via Telegram, and said 10 others were wounded in the attack that targeted civilian areas across the city. A 12-year-old girl was among the dead. Thick black smoke could be seen rising from a blast near the city center. “The Russians have restarted the child death counter,” Tkachenko wrote on Telegram.

Writing on X, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the large-scale attacks involved “nearly 500 strike drones and more than 40 missiles.” Besides Kyiv, he said the bombardment targeted the regions of Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, and Odesa. According to Zelenskyy, at least 40 people were wounded across the country.

Zaporizhzhia’s regional head, Ivan Fedorov, said three children were among the 27 wounded in the region, adding that over two dozen buildings were damaged in the region’s capital that bears the same name.