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Kyiv attacks killed four, including an infant
Summary
A look back at the drone and missile strikes on three Kyiv districts, reported on 7 September 2025.
What did the overnight attack on Kyiv leave behind? Looking back at 8 September 2025, the day after the strikes, the toll reported was at least four people killed, including an infant, with eleven others injured.
As reported at the time, drones and missiles hit the Pecherskyi, Sviatoshynskyi and Darnytskyi districts of the Ukrainian capital on 7 September 2025. Among the buildings struck was the main government building.
The attack was part of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which began on 24 February 2022 as a major escalation of a war between the two countries that started in 2014. The fighting has caused tens of thousands of Ukrainian civilian casualties, and Russian troops occupy roughly 20% of Ukraine.
