Russian barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine's capital region kills
at least 11
[September 01, 2026]
By SAMYA KULLAB
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a large aerial assault in and
around Ukraine’s capital overnight into Tuesday morning, killing at
least 11 people and wounding more than a dozen others, including three
children, local authorities said.
Ukraine’s air force said that Russia began the attack at 6 p.m. Monday,
using ballistic, cruise and anti-radar missiles, as well as 218 drones
and decoys. About a third of the drones were reportedly jet-powered.
The main targets were the Kyiv and Odesa regions, the air force said in
a statement on Telegram.
The overnight strikes marked the sixth consecutive day of Russian
attacks on Kyiv, following an unprecedented stretch of air raid alerts
that began last week.
The warnings continued at a near-constant pace throughout the rest of
the week, forming a sustained, multiday barrage that has increasingly
involved the use of fast, jet-powered drones. The relentless attacks
have subjected Kyiv and its residents to prolonged danger and
disruption, with strikes coming during both the nighttime and daytime
hours.
The latest attack struck civilian infrastructure and residential
buildings in several districts of Kyiv, with eight people killed in the
city itself and three others in the surrounding region.
Russian strikes killed seven people in the Darnytskyi district of the
capital, authorities said. One person was seriously wounded and
hospitalized, the emergency service said. At another site in the
district, an explosion wounded two people, including a child.
An eighth person was killed in the Holosiivskyi district, when a
nonresidential building was hit and caught fire, the emergency service
said in a statement. In the Solomianskyi district, a drone strike hit a
residential building, causing damage. Emergency workers rescued a man
and freed a woman trapped beneath the rubble.
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In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service,
firefighters put out a fire following a Russian missile attack in
Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (Ukrainian Emergency Service
via AP)
The other three people who died were in areas of the Kyiv region
outside the city, and 12 were wounded. In Boryspil, three cars
caught fire.
Emergency crews evacuated 48 people and rescued two from under the
rubble. Eight people were injured, including two children. Also in
Boryspil, a truck caught fire at an infrastructure facility,
damaging the building. Two people were killed and three others
injured, the emergency service said. A service station in Boryspil
was also damaged, killing one person.
The Odesa region came under a major Russian attack overnight,
damaging civilian infrastructure and wounding one person, regional
head Oleh Kiper said.
Two residential buildings were damaged, while a fire broke out at a
sewing factory. Russian forces also struck the Orlivka international
ferry crossing on the border with Romania, he said.
Ukrainian forces said they destroyed or suppressed 199 aerial
targets, including five ballistic missiles and 187 drones. Missile
and drone strikes were recorded at 28 locations, while debris from
intercepted targets fell at another 10 sites, it said.
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