Russia launched a ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight from August 31 to September 1, targeting a railway depot, residential buildings, and other facilities.
Date note: The attack occurred overnight from August 31 to September 1; the reporting date of September 1 is used as the anchor for this discrete event.
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Russia attacked the capital once again overnight, causing strikes on civilian infrastructure facilities and residential areas.
The attack was likely a Russian missile strike on a railway depot and other railway facilities.
A residential building in the Solomianskyi district was partially destroyed after being hit by a drone.
Russian forces attacked civilian infrastructure and residential buildings in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi, Holosiivskyi, and Solomianskyi districts overnight on September 1, killing eight people and injuring five others.
Russian ballistic missiles struck a railway depot and other railway facilities in Kyiv on the night of September 1.
Oleksandr Pertsovskyi, chairman of the board of Ukrzaliznytsia, reported the attack on Facebook.
Russia launched ballistic and cruise missiles, as well as 218 drones, around a third of which were jet-powered.
Russian forces launched a massive air attack on Kyiv and Kyiv Oblast using ballistic missiles and drones.
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