Intensifying aerial strikes kill four in Ukraine and three in Russia
Russian missile and drone attacks killed four people in Ukraine, while Ukrainian drone strikes caused three deaths in Russia's Krasnodar region.
Saturday saw a surge in aerial combat as Russian missiles and drones struck multiple Ukrainian locations, killing four people, among them two women in Zaporizhzhia and two others in Sumy. Ukrainian long-range drones responded by attacking the Krasnodar region of Russia, where three people were killed and two wounded, and fires broke out at two industrial sites. In the Kyiv area, a Russian drone ignited a warehouse fire, injuring two, while other drones hit districts of the capital, causing four more injuries and damage to residential and office buildings.
Russian officials said the Kyiv strike also damaged a data centre supporting mobile internet and Starlink services. The violence underscores the ongoing escalation of the conflict.
Why it matters
The rising death toll on both sides highlights the expanding scope of the Russia-Ukraine war and its impact on civilians.
How this story developed
- Aug 14 Russia claims strikes on Ukrainian rail hub and vessels as drones hit Russian ports
- Sep 15 Ukrainian troops repelled a Russian assault on Lyman.
- Sep 16 Lavrov announced Russia's readiness to resume US‑Ukraine‑Russia negotiations and a meeting with Secretary of State Marco Rubio at the UN General Assembly.
- Sep 16 A new drone attack on a bus has increased the civilian death toll in the latest wave of strikes.
- Sep 17 A fourth Russian strike on the Zaporizhstal Iron and Steel Works wounded a worker.
- Sep 17 A Russian jet‑drone strike near the Polish‑Ukrainian border triggered air‑defence alerts and fighter scrambles.
- Sep 19 Tusk invoked NATO’s Article 4 and announced a trip to Kyiv.
- Sep 20 Power supplies were cut for thousands of households in the Odessa region after the latest missile and drone barrage.
- Sep 21 Russian drones struck Zaporizhzhia, injuring five and causing fires, while a woman was killed in the Kharkiv region and a mother with two children died in the Kyiv region.
- Sep 23 Russia fired multiple waves of ballistic missiles at Kiev overnight, causing at least two deaths and six injuries.
- Sep 24 The wave of strikes expanded beyond Kyiv to hit Odessa and the Kharkiv region, raising the death toll.
- Sep 24 The Russian attack involved 282 drones and several missiles, according to the Ukrainian air force.
- Sep 25 Ukrainian commanders announced further territorial gains around Lyman since the initial report.
- Sep 25 Mayor Vitali Klitschko updated the death toll to seven and the injury count to 46.
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