Strong explosions in Kiev at night. Air defense systems have been activated in the Ukrainian capital. Yesterday, multiple Russian drones hit the center of the Ukrainian capital in broad daylight: in addition to the raid on the building of the Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences which caused one death, one of the buildings of the Ministry of Education also suffered damage. The building is located in close proximity to important city landmarks, including the Taras Shevchenko National University of Ukraine, the capital's main opera and ballet theater and the German Embassy.
“Russia continues its reckless campaign of hostile actions against NATO allies. It seeks to weaken our resolve and stop our support for Ukraine. But Russia is failing. It is failing on the battlefield in Ukraine and it is failing to undermine our unity and our support for Ukraine.” This was stated by NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte during a joint press conference with Lithuanian Prime Minister Mindaugas Sinkevicius. "Our message to Moscow is clear: we will do more for Ukraine, not less," he adds.
Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhna announced that Estonia will summon the Russian chargé d'affaires today, after the Estonian government blamed Russia for the arson attack on a building used by the Estonian defense company Milrem Robotics in Tallinn last August. “Based on the information collected by the Internal Security Service, today we can state with certainty that the arson attack against the defense company Milrem Robotics, which occurred on the night of August 14-15, was an act of sabotage ordered by the special services of the Russian Federation,” Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsakhna said. "Russia continues its campaign of sabotage against Europe to intimidate it into reducing support for Ukraine and pressure on Moscow. This, in turn, demonstrates the growing desperation of Moscow, which has failed to achieve the goals of its aggression against Ukraine," Tsakhna added. On the night of August 15, a fire broke out in a building used by Milrem Robotics in Betooni tanav, in the Lasnamae neighborhood of Tallinn. The affected company supplies Ukraine with land-based drones.
Moscow's Defense Ministry reported that last night the Russian armed forces attacked logistics centers, port infrastructure and military ships used by Kiev's army with missiles and drones. According to what was published on Telegram by the Russian ministry, the attacks damaged a locomotive depot in Kiev, where FP-5 Flamingo land-based cruise missiles were stored, and the Bimobile and Parkovyiev data processing centers. In the capital region, the Belogorodka drone assembly terminal was hit. In the Odessa region, again according to what was reported by the Ministry of Defense, the Russian army hit the Usatove electrical substation, which supplies electricity to the Ukrainian port infrastructure, and a workshop for the production of drones in the village of Velykodolynske. Furthermore, port infrastructure was damaged in the port of Izmail, on the Danube on the border with Romania. Two ships carrying war material were hit on approach and in the port of Odessa.
In Odessa, last night, the Russians attacked infrastructure, causing a fire. As Ukrinform reports, the head of the military administration of the city of Odessa, Serhiy Lysak, wrote on Facebook. Two people were injured as a result of the bombing. "Tonight and in the morning the enemy attacked the infrastructure. A fire broke out, which was quickly put out," he said.
Ukrainian air defense forces have neutralized, since last night, one Zircon Onyx anti-ship missile, two Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles and 106 Russian drones. Ukrinform reports it, citing the Air Force of the Ukrainian Armed Forces which spread the news on Telegram. "From 6pm on Monday 28 September - the army writes in a statement - the enemy attacked Ukraine with a Zircon/Onyx anti-ship missile from the Kursk region, two Iskander-M/S-400 ballistic missiles also from the Kursk region, 152 Shahed type attack drones (of which 82 jet), Gerbera and Parody type simulator drones from the following directions: Orel, Millerovo, Kursk, Primorsko-Akhtarsk (Russian Federation), temporarily occupied Donetsk, as well as Gvardiyske and Chauda (temporarily occupied Crimea)". The air attack was repelled by aviation, anti-aircraft missile troops, electronic warfare units and unmanned systems, as well as mobile fire groups of the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
The Russian attack hit several neighborhoods of Kiev. This was reported by the RBC-Ukraine agency, citing the military administration of the Ukrainian capital. In the Solomianskyi district, fragments of a missile fell in the courtyard of a house and on an administrative building. A school was also hit, where a fire broke out. In the Pechersk district, a building was engulfed in flames. Checks on the damage and the possible presence of injuries are underway.
Loud explosions were heard overnight in Kiev. The anti-aircraft defenses were activated during an alarm raised by the Ukrainian Air Force. "In the Solomyanskyi district rocket fragments fell in the courtyard of a house, no fire. In the Pechersk district a fire broke out in a three-storey non-residential building. In Solomyanskyi an infrastructure was hit in an administrative building, no fire", writes the mayor of Kiev, Vitaly Klitschko, on Telegram regarding the night attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
