Drone strikes hit Kyiv as Ukraine claims a gain near Lyman
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Ukraine's Air Force said it detected more than 100 strike drones by 16:30, most of them jet-powered. It reported more than 40 jet-powered drones downed and dozens still airborne. The Air Force said strikes hit infrastructure, civilian sites and homes in several regions, including the National Academy of Sciences and Dobrobut medical centre in Kyiv. [S3]
Source published ·Київ, Україна · city
OpenStreetMap · In particular, the Air Force recalled that jet-powered UAVs struck the National Academy of Sciences building and the Dobrobut medical centre in Kyiv.
The National Academy of Sciences press service told Ukrinform that an aide to former security council secretary Volodymyr Horbulin was killed in the strike. It said Horbulin was alive and contact had been lost with another colleague, while it did not confirm reports that two academicians died. Ukrinform, citing Suspilne, said Horbulin was slightly injured. [S4]
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The Dobrobut medical network told Ukrainska Pravda that seven people, including six employees, were injured at its Antonovycha Street centre in Kyiv. It said the building and equipment were damaged, parts of the premises burned and the centre would remain closed for several days, while its other centres continued operating. [S5]
Source published ·Київ, Україна · city
OpenStreetMap · Seven people have been injured in a Russian strike on the Dobrobut medical centre on Antonovycha Street in Kyiv, six of them employees of the facility.
Ukraine's State Border Guard Service said its Silver Three unit and the Third Army Corps drove Russian forces from Karpivka on the Lyman axis during Operation Vivaldi. Ukrinform based the report on a Border Guard Service Facebook post and video; the article provided no independent verification of the territorial claim. [S6]
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Mediazona, citing Lyudi Baikala and the man's relatives, reported that police in Ust-Kut detained a 54-year-old entrepreneur and allegedly gave detainees alcohol while pressing him to sign military-service papers. His family filed a complaint with prosecutors and alleged that about 20 men may have been treated similarly over two weeks. The allegations were not independently verified. [S7]
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Ukrainska Pravda, citing Ukraine's State Emergency Service, reported that a Russian drone hit a Dnipro business centre, killing three people and injuring 12. A fire broke out, 49 people had reportedly been rescued, and search-and-rescue work was continuing. (S3)
Source published ·Дніпро, Дніпровська міська громада, Дніпровський район, Дніпропетровська область, 49000, Україна · city
OpenStreetMap · Three people have been killed and 12 others injured in Dnipro as a result of a Russian drone hitting a business centre.
Ukrinform reported that Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a Russian drone hit a non-residential building in central Kyiv, killing one woman and injuring three people who were hospitalized. Earlier reporting identified it as a National Academy of Sciences building. (S1)
Source published ·Київ, Україна · city
OpenStreetMap · One person was killed and three others injured in Kyiv after a Russian drone struck a non-residential building in the historic center of the city on Monday afternoon.
Ukrinform reported that DTEK said an FPV drone struck one of its energy facilities in a frontline area of Dnipropetrovsk region. Equipment caught fire, but the company said the blaze was quickly extinguished; earlier drone strikes had also damaged an administrative building and a service vehicle at a DTEK site. (S4)
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The BBC reported that official results showed more than 70% of Swiss voters rejected rules that would have barred sanctions without UN approval and prevented closer NATO ties. The referendum debate had been renewed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Moscow supported the proposal. (S5)
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Mediazona reported that a St Petersburg court sentenced Ukrainian citizen Artem Prokopets to 15 years in prison and fined him 350,000 rubles after convicting him of espionage, sabotage and related offences. Claims about contacts with Ukraine's security service and transformer attacks came from investigators and the court; an electricity company had described one outage as a technical failure. (S6)
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The Moscow Times reported that Tatarstan leader Rustam Minnikhanov appointed former Russian commander Alexander Lapin as the republic's deputy prime minister. Lapin is to oversee regional support for war veterans and their families, including employment, medical checks and support meetings for returning soldiers. (S2)
Source published ·Татарстан, Приволжский федеральный округ, Россия · region
OpenStreetMap · Colonel General Alexander Lapin, a controversial Russian military commander dismissed from service last year following battlefield setbacks in Ukraine, has been appointed deputy prime minister of the republic of Tatarstan, officials said Monday, where he will oversee regional policy supporting war veterans and their families.
Sumy regional administration head Oleh Hryhorov said a Russian strike using three guided aerial bombs killed two people, including a 16-year-old girl, and injured five, including a child. Ukrainska Pravda reported that one blast damaged a family and child support centre, which had no visitors inside at the time. (S7)
Source published ·Суми, Сумська міська громада, Сумський район, Сумська область, Україна · city
OpenStreetMap · Two people were killed, including a 16-year-old girl, and five others were injured, as a result of a Russian guided aerial bomb (GAB) strike on Sumy on Sunday 27 September.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian attacks in Kyiv damaged two kindergartens, two schools, a residential building, warehouses, communications facilities and a building used as the Saudi ambassador’s residence. He also reported deaths and dozens of injuries and said Russia had used 277 attack drones overall since the previous day, including 155 jet-powered drones. (S2)
Source published ·Київ, Україна · city
OpenStreetMap · Today alone, and in Kyiv alone, Russian jet-powered drones 'vanquished' two kindergartens and two schools, an ordinary residential building, a car service station, several warehouses and communications facilities.
Moldovan border guards found UAV fragments in Ștefan Vodă district and cordoned off the area, according to the Border Police as relayed by NewsMaker and Ukrinform. Ukrinform separately cited the Defence Ministry as reporting a brief airspace incursion near Novocotovsk; the article did not establish that the object was the drone whose fragments were found. (S4)
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Ukrinform reported that Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, said North Korea is improving its weapons using combat experience from Ukraine and has begun mass production of one-way attack drones. He also claimed that North Korea supplies Russia with weapons and materials and sends troops to fight against Ukraine. (S3)
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Ukraine's Air Force said it detected more than 100 strike drones by 16:30, most of them jet-powered. It reported more than 40 jet-powered drones downed and dozens still airborne. The Air Force said strikes hit infrastructure, civilian sites and homes in several regions, including the National Academy of Sciences and Dobrobut medical centre in Kyiv. [S3]
The National Academy of Sciences press service told Ukrinform that an aide to former security council secretary Volodymyr Horbulin was killed in the strike. It said Horbulin was alive and contact had been lost with another colleague, while it did not confirm reports that two academicians died. Ukrinform, citing Suspilne, said Horbulin was slightly injured. [S4]
The Dobrobut medical network told Ukrainska Pravda that seven people, including six employees, were injured at its Antonovycha Street centre in Kyiv. It said the building and equipment were damaged, parts of the premises burned and the centre would remain closed for several days, while its other centres continued operating. [S5]
Ukraine's State Border Guard Service said its Silver Three unit and the Third Army Corps drove Russian forces from Karpivka on the Lyman axis during Operation Vivaldi. Ukrinform based the report on a Border Guard Service Facebook post and video; the article provided no independent verification of the territorial claim. [S6]
Mediazona, citing Lyudi Baikala and the man's relatives, reported that police in Ust-Kut detained a 54-year-old entrepreneur and allegedly gave detainees alcohol while pressing him to sign military-service papers. His family filed a complaint with prosecutors and alleged that about 20 men may have been treated similarly over two weeks. The allegations were not independently verified. [S7]
Ukrainska Pravda, citing Ukraine's State Emergency Service, reported that a Russian drone hit a Dnipro business centre, killing three people and injuring 12. A fire broke out, 49 people had reportedly been rescued, and search-and-rescue work was continuing. (S3)
Ukrinform reported that Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a Russian drone hit a non-residential building in central Kyiv, killing one woman and injuring three people who were hospitalized. Earlier reporting identified it as a National Academy of Sciences building. (S1)
Ukrinform reported that DTEK said an FPV drone struck one of its energy facilities in a frontline area of Dnipropetrovsk region. Equipment caught fire, but the company said the blaze was quickly extinguished; earlier drone strikes had also damaged an administrative building and a service vehicle at a DTEK site. (S4)
The BBC reported that official results showed more than 70% of Swiss voters rejected rules that would have barred sanctions without UN approval and prevented closer NATO ties. The referendum debate had been renewed by Russia's invasion of Ukraine, and Moscow supported the proposal. (S5)
Mediazona reported that a St Petersburg court sentenced Ukrainian citizen Artem Prokopets to 15 years in prison and fined him 350,000 rubles after convicting him of espionage, sabotage and related offences. Claims about contacts with Ukraine's security service and transformer attacks came from investigators and the court; an electricity company had described one outage as a technical failure. (S6)
The Moscow Times reported that Tatarstan leader Rustam Minnikhanov appointed former Russian commander Alexander Lapin as the republic's deputy prime minister. Lapin is to oversee regional support for war veterans and their families, including employment, medical checks and support meetings for returning soldiers. (S2)
Sumy regional administration head Oleh Hryhorov said a Russian strike using three guided aerial bombs killed two people, including a 16-year-old girl, and injured five, including a child. Ukrainska Pravda reported that one blast damaged a family and child support centre, which had no visitors inside at the time. (S7)
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian attacks in Kyiv damaged two kindergartens, two schools, a residential building, warehouses, communications facilities and a building used as the Saudi ambassador’s residence. He also reported deaths and dozens of injuries and said Russia had used 277 attack drones overall since the previous day, including 155 jet-powered drones. (S2)
Moldovan border guards found UAV fragments in Ștefan Vodă district and cordoned off the area, according to the Border Police as relayed by NewsMaker and Ukrinform. Ukrinform separately cited the Defence Ministry as reporting a brief airspace incursion near Novocotovsk; the article did not establish that the object was the drone whose fragments were found. (S4)
Ukrinform reported that Kyrylo Budanov, head of Ukraine’s Presidential Office, said North Korea is improving its weapons using combat experience from Ukraine and has begun mass production of one-way attack drones. He also claimed that North Korea supplies Russia with weapons and materials and sends troops to fight against Ukraine. (S3)
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