At least two killed as Russian strikes hit Kyiv after reported pause
Ukrainian authorities reported 10 injuries and damage to residential buildings as explosions and air-raid alerts spread across the capital.
At least two people were killed and 10 injured in Russian strikes on Kyiv early on 8 September, according to Ukrainian authorities. Air-raid alerts and explosions were reported across the Ukrainian capital.
Residential buildings were damaged, including a five-storey apartment block in the Solomianskyi district, while vehicles caught fire in Podilskyi. Residents sought shelter in a metro station during the attack.
The strikes followed an apparent three-day pause in reported attacks on the Russian and Ukrainian capitals while US envoys visited Moscow and Kyiv. The reported pause and its relationship to the visits have not been independently established in the supplied material.
Talks between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and the US envoys ended without a major breakthrough. Zelensky said he expected the war to continue into winter and called for further discussions involving Ukraine, Europe, the United States and Russia.
Ukrainian authorities also reported a Ukrainian drone attack on buildings in Saratov, Russia. That account, along with the casualty and damage figures in Kyiv, had not been independently verified in the supplied material.
BBC Verify said Kyiv was experiencing more daily air-raid alerts than at any time since Russia’s full-scale invasion began in 2022.
