Russian forces struck objects in Bucha Raion and Fastiv, Kyiv Oblast, on the night of September 5 to 6, despite the agreed halt on long-range strikes.
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Russian forces hit objects in Bucha Raion and Fastiv, Kyiv Oblast on the night of September 5 to 6 ahead of the US delegation’s arrival to Kyiv City.
Russian sources acknowledged that Russian forces continued strikes near Kyiv City despite the three-day ceasefire to which Moscow is only very narrowly adhering.
Air defence activity could also be heard in Kyiv after midnight.
an air-raid warning was issued in Kyiv at 00:00 on 5 September.
Putin ordered a three-day pause in strikes on Kyiv during Witkoff and Kushner’s visits to Moscow and Kyiv.
Russian forces attacked a high-rise building in Boryspil, setting an apartment and the roof on fire.
Russia did not initially agree to the proposal and continued launching attacks against Ukraine on Sept. 5.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia had deliberately targeted airports in Kyiv and Boryspil overnight, describing the strikes as a response to discussions about the possibility of the U.S. envoys arriving in Ukraine by plane.
In the Kyiv region, Russian drones targeted the village of Lisne in the Bucha district, setting two private houses ablaze, the SES reported. The strikes... damaged five homes and three vehicles.
Vitaliia Poliakhova and her partner were injured when a drone hit the road near their car on the eastern bank of the Dnipro.
Two people were injured as a result of the Russian attack on the Kyiv region. In Boryspil, a nine-storey residential block was partially destroyed, and a further 15 residents were evacuated by rescue services.
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