Russian drone strikes hit Kyiv academy, Dnipro business centre
At least one person was killed and 19 injured in a drone strike on Kyiv's National Academy of Sciences, officials said. A separate attack on a business centre in Dnipro killed three people, while other Kyiv sites were also hit.
(Recasts with Kyiv attack, adds Zelenskiy, Sybiha, further comments from Dnipropetrovsk governor throughout) Kyiv attack injures 19 people, with six treated in hospital, mayor says Dnipro business centre strike kills three and injures 19, officials say Zelenskiy says strikes also hit Kyiv pharmaceutical company, petrol stations and medical facility Academy blaze underscores widening focus of Russian attacks KYIV, Sept 28 (Reuters) — At least one person was killed when a drone hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv on Monday, as Russia pounded the centre of the Ukrainian capital.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a total of 19 people had been injured, six of whom were being treated in hospital. Sirens echoed through the streets as black smoke billowed into the sky. In recent weeks, Russia has begun hitting Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities with faster, high-flying jet drones. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday that Ukraine was able to intercept only just over half — far fewer than when facing the older, propeller-powered versions.
A pharmaceutical company, petrol stations and a medical facility were also hit in Kyiv on Monday, Zelenskiy said, while in other cities and regions, civilian facilities, businesses and communications infrastructure were targeted. "Every one of Ukraine's partners must see from this terror, from these strikes, that supporting Ukraine means truly supporting people's lives," Zelenskiy said on the Telegram app. Attack On Business Centre In Dnipro In the southeastern city of Dnipro, a Russian drone attack on a business centre killed three, officials said.
In particular, Russia has been widening its attacks on economic targets beyond warehouses, port facilities and energy infrastructure, in recent dayshitting data centres and telecoms facilities. Another person was killed in a logistics office in Synelnykove, southeast of Dnipro, regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha said. In Kyiv, flames leaped from the historic Academy building, where rubble was strewn across the courtyard. Firefighters doused the building in water and searched for people in the wreckage.
Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha accused Russia of cynicism for targeting a scientific institution in the middle of the working day. "Russia is deliberately expanding the boundaries of what it believes the world will tolerate. Every attack left without a strong response only encourages the next one," he said. Prime Minister Sergii Koretskyi said 19 people had been injured in the daytime attack on the business centre in Dnipro.
" Ukraine has also increased attacks on Russia, targeting oil refineries as well as online retailers to try to undermine revenues and support for Moscow's war effort. Zelenskiy said on Monday that it had struck Russian oil facilities in the Krasnodar region and two defence plants. Both sides have denied deliberately targeting civilians. com; +48 58 769 65 14;)