In brief
Night‑time Russian missile and drone attacks on Kyiv left twelve Ukrainian State Railways workers dead and at least 20 injured, including two children. The strike targeted a depot in the capital, aligning with Russia’s claim to hit military and energy facilities. Amid the escalating violence, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged President Vladimir Putin to end the war. Ukrainian officials mount rescue operations across the city as the attacks hit three districts and the nearby town of Boryspil.
At least 12 people have been killed and 20 injured in overnight Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and the wider region, officials say.
Six of the casualties were railway workers of the state Ukrzaliznytsia company after a depot was hit in Kyiv.
Russia said its “massive strike using high‑precision weapons” targeted Ukraine’s military and energy facilities, and added that one person was also killed in Ukrainian strikes on Russia’s western Belgorod region.
On 1 September 2026, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a close ally of Russia, urged President Vladimir Putin to end the war, stating “Every day spent in war pushes humanity back, and every step taken towards peace fills humanity with new hope and enthusiasm.”
In the late hours, fires were reported in three districts of Kyiv following the attacks. Another 4 people were killed in the nearby town of Boryspil when a residential building was hit.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said nearly 350 rescue workers had been working through the night in Kyiv and the surrounding region, and that Russia had fired a “significant number of jet drones and ballistic missiles.”
The strikes mark the sixth day of sustained Russian drone and missile attacks on Kyiv, in a strategy aimed at exhausting Ukrainian air defences and undermining civilian morale.
Russia’s military warned over the weekend that its forces were preparing to carry out “massive” strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities.
The overnight attacks come after 38 people were killed in Russian strikes on a weapons depot in the Kyiv region on Friday, causing shells, mines and drones to detonate.
Separately, a drone attack hit a major Russian Baltic Sea port in Ust‑Luga, triggering a fire, a governor said. Ukraine claims such targets are legitimate because they finance Moscow’s war effort.
Photos of firefighters tackling the aftermath are shared by the BBC and DSNS news agencies.
Read more from the BBC about the latest Ukrainian attacks.
