Russia Pounds Ukraine With Missiles, Drones in ‘Massive’ Attack: Russian Defense Ministry

A government building in Kyiv was set ablaze during what Ukrainian officials say was the largest drone attack by Russia since the conflict began in early 2022.

An apartment building damaged by a Russian drone strike, in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 7, 2025. Thomas Peter/Reuters

Russian forces struck multiple targets across Ukraine on Sept. 7, killing at least four people and setting a government building ablaze in Kyiv, Ukrainian officials have said.

According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Russian drones and missiles struck multiple targets in the country’s Sumy and Chernihiv regions, and in the cities of Odesa, Kryvyi Rih, and Zaporizhzhia.