Russia launches over 800 drones at Ukraine in record attack, hits government building in Kyiv for the first time

A record Russian drone and missile barrage on cities across Ukraine overnight Sept. 7 killed at least five people and wounded 44, according to the latest data from government officials.

In Kyiv, a woman and her three-month-old son were killed, and 20 others were injured, according to reports from the city’s military administration chief Tymur Tkachenko. By early Sept. 8, the Tkachenko said the death toll in the capital had risen to three.

Residential buildings and civilian infrastructure were hit in several regions, leaving some areas without power. Strikes also damaged the Cabinet of Ministers building in central Kyiv — the first time Ukraine’s main government building had been hit in an attack since the start of the full-scale invasion.

Russia deployed 810 Shahed and other types of drones along with nine Iskander-K cruise missiles and four Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, Ukraine’s Air Force said Sunday, making it the largest attack launched by Moscow to date. Of those, 747 drones were shot down or jammed by electronic warfare, and four Iskander-K missiles were intercepted, the Air Force reported.