Russia Hammers Kyiv in 12-Hour Drone and Missile Assault

September 30, 2025

The New York Times

Russia attacked the Ukrainian capital and other cities across the country on Sunday with nearly 600 drones and dozens of missiles, killing at least four people in Kyiv and injuring dozens more in an hourslong assault.

“A massive Russian attack on Ukraine lasted for more than 12 hours,” President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine said in a statement. “Savage strikes, a deliberate, targeted terror against ordinary cities.”

The Ukrainian Air Force said the attack started at 8:30 p.m. on Saturday and continued into Sunday morning. Nearly 600 drones and 48 missiles were launched in the assault, it said in a statement, adding that five missiles and 31 drones had evaded air defenses.

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