Twelve people were killed and dozens more were injured in a massive Russian attack on Ukraine overnight on September 1. Among the dead was an Indian citizen, while the heaviest damage was reported in Kyiv, the Kyiv region and the Odesa region.
This was reported by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
According to him, nearly 350 rescuers were deployed in Kyiv and the surrounding region alone to deal with the aftermath. Russia used a significant number of jet-powered drones and ballistic missiles in the attack.
In Boryspil, a five-story residential building was damaged and around 50 people were evacuated. Businesses were also struck. According to Zelenskyy, four people were killed in the city and 13 others were injured.
In Odesa and the surrounding region, attacks involving guided aerial bombs and drones continued from the evening. Thousands of families were left without electricity, and restoration work is ongoing.
A border crossing with Romania and export infrastructure were also damaged.
In Kyiv, seven people were killed in a strike on a railway depot.
The Kherson, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions also came under attack.
Zelenskyy stressed that the number of casualties from Russian attacks directly depends on Ukraine’s air defense capabilities. He thanked partners helping Ukraine obtain anti-ballistic missile systems through PURL and bilateral deliveries and called for those supplies to be increased in the autumn.
