Russia Resumes Intensive Air Attacks on Kyiv and Other Ukrainian Regions
4 sources across 4 countries · France · Latvia · Switzerland · Ukraine
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- France 24
- Meduza
- Neue Zuercher Zeitung
- Kyiv Independent
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Russian forces launched a series of missile and drone strikes across Ukraine on September 8 and 9, targeting the capital city of Kyiv and several other regions. In Kyiv, attacks struck residential buildings, including a 24 story apartment building in the Darnytskyi district and a nine story building in the Dniprovskyi district. Local authorities reported that these strikes caused multiple casualties, with one woman killed and several others injured in the capital. Across Ukraine, reports indicate at least 12 people were killed and 72 injured over the past day, with strikes hitting Odesa, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, and Zaporizhzhia. The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia launched 196 Shahed type drones on September 9, while other strikes involved Iskander M ballistic missiles and S8000 Banderol cruise missiles. These attacks followed a brief pause in hostilities that coincided with a visit to Kyiv by U.S. presidential envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff. In a separate diplomatic development, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin exchanged phone calls regarding Ukraine, which the Kremlin described as a conversation of extreme frankness. While center and center right sources focused on the diplomatic context and the timing of the strikes relative to U.S. envoys, center left sources emphasized the psychological toll and the disruption of daily life for Kyiv residents, including the targeting of civilian warehouses and the exhaustion of air defenses.
How each side framed it
- Centre-left
- Emphasized the human cost, the psychological impact on civilians, and the strategic intent to exhaust air defenses.
- Centre
- Focused on the diplomatic intersection of the Trump and Putin phone call and the timing of the strikes.
- Centre-right
- Highlighted the vulnerability of Kyiv's defenses and the economic impact on small business owners.
Sources
- Centre France 24: Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin exchange phone calls about Ukraine
- Centre Kyiv Independent: Russia resumes drone attacks on Kyiv, kills 1, injures 12, damages residential buildings
- Centre Kyiv Independent: Russian attacks kill at least 12, injure 72 across Ukraine as Russia continues relentless strikes on Kyiv
- Centre-left Meduza: ‘Kyiv is gasping for breath’: Russia’s escalating attacks are upending daily life in the Ukrainian capital. Here’s how residents are coping.
- Centre-left Meduza: Russian drones strike Kyiv, damaging 24-story apartment building and injuring five
- Centre-right Neue Zuercher Zeitung: Kyiv is as defenseless against Moscow's air attacks as it has been in years, and its residents have become lonelier
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