Russia Hits Ukraine With Biggest Air Attack of War, Sets Government Building Ablaze

Russia Hits Ukraine With Biggest Air Attack of War, Sets Government Building Ablaze
Thick smoke from a nearby strike site fills the sky during a Russian drone strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 7, 2025. Thomas Peter/Reuters
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KYIV—Russia launched its largest air attack of the war on Ukraine overnight, setting the main government building on fire in central Kyiv and killing at least four people, including an infant, Ukrainian officials said on Sunday.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the drone and missile barrage killed four people and caused damage across the north, south and east of the country, including the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Odesa, as well as in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.