Kyiv hit by overnight Russian drone and missile strikes killing at least 8

Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building in Kyiv, Ukraine, 28 August, 2025.
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Russian forces launched a large-scale overnight drone and missile strike on Kyiv, killing at least 8 people, and injuring 38 people as fires broke out across the city.

"Unfortunately, the Russians' style is typical in their attacks," Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv's military administration, wrote on Telegram.

"Combined strikes, from different directions. And systematic, targeting ordinary residential buildings."

Numerous high-rise apartment blocks sustained significant damage, particularly two large buildings on opposite sides of the Dnipro River.

In Darnytskyi district, eastern Kyiv, a five-storey building was partially destroyed, with rescue teams searching the rubble for residents.

Officials say emergency crews are responding to more than 20 sites across the city as fires continue to burn.

Online images showed upper floors of apartments ablaze and smoke rising from multiple buildings. 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the attack shows Russia’s response to diplomacy, calls for strong sanctions, and expects reactions from China and Hungary.

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