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Thursday, August 28, 2025
Russia kills 10 in Kyiv in second-largest barrage of war, Ukraine says
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Russian missiles and drones ripped through apartment buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv this morning, killing at least 10 people in what President Volodymyr Zelensky says represents a clear disregard for peace negotiations.
Russia has rained down aerial attacks on Ukrainian cities despite US President Donald Trump’s push for a ceasefire and even as it talks up the importance of ending the war triggered by its February 2022 full-scale invasion of the neighboring country.
The attack came as Russia fired 629 drones and missiles at Ukraine overnight — the second-highest figure of the entire war — Ukraine’s air force says. The air force says on social media that Moscow had launched 598 drones and 31 missiles — including two hypersonic Kinzhal missiles and nine ballistic missiles, whose speed make them hard to intercept.
At dawn, residents and emergency service workers were clearing debris from streets strewn with broken glass and building materials, an AFP journalist at the scene of one strike in central Kyiv reports.
The attack had blasted a five-story crater in one apartment block, ripping the building in two, images posted by Zelensky show.
EU chief Antonio Costa says he is “horrified” by the fresh round of Russian strikes, which also damaged a building of the bloc’s diplomatic mission.
“My thoughts are with the Ukrainian victims and also with the staff of the EU delegation, whose building was damaged in this deliberate Russian strike,” European Council president Costa writes on X.
Zelensky calls for a tough response from Ukraine’s allies, including fresh sanctions.
He also calls on Russia’s ally China and EU member Hungary to take a much tougher stance against Moscow.
“All deadlines have already been broken, dozens of opportunities for diplomacy ruined. Russia must feel accountable for every strike, for every day of this war,” he says.
Moscow had fired ballistic and cruise missiles as well as Iranian-designed Shahed drones from different directions to “systematically” target residential buildings, he says.
Last month the capital suffered one of its worst-ever attacks when strikes killed more than 30 people, including five children.
The Times of Israel Community.