Russia strikes Kyiv with ballistic and hypersonic missiles, damaging maternity hospital amid US-led push for energy truce
US-led efforts to secure a halt to attacks on energy infrastructure are underway.
On the morning of September 24, Russia launched a vast missile and drone strike on Kyiv, inflicting casualties and significant damage to civilian infrastructure, including a maternity hospital, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. The assault, orchestrated by 282 attack drones in conjunction with ballistic and hypersonic missiles, was reported by Ukraine's Air Force.
The attack transpired as US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy were concurrently negotiating an energy ceasefire at the UN General Assembly in New York. Zelenskyy had previously offered to cease attacks on Russian energy infrastructure if Moscow halted its strikes on Ukraine's energy sector, a proposition made after a meeting with Trump on September 22.
Ukrainian air defenses neutralized or neutralized 227 targets, encompassing four Zircons, three ballistic missiles, one Banderol/Dan-T loitering munition, and 219 drones by 08:00. Nonetheless, Russia allegedly fired an unspecified quantity of Zircon hypersonic missiles, alongside Iskander-M/S-400/KN-23 ballistic missiles, and 282 Shahed-type and Gerbera attack drones, among other contraptions.
The air defenses succeeded in intercepting approximately 60% of the ballistic missiles aimed at Kyiv, as acknowledged by Zelenskyy. The attack transpired as Zelenskyy convened US lawmakers in New York to deliberate sanctions against Russia. He further advocated for additional ballistic missile interceptors, asserting that Russia had ensnared civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, a maternity hospital, energy facilities, and logistics.
In Podilsky district, the maternity hospital sustained damage to its windows and a segment of its facade, with no reported casualties within the facility. A solitary fatality occurred in a neighboring parking lot, alongside damage to a clinic-diagnostic center. In Dniprovskyi district, residential structures, a non-residential building, and multiple private dwellings were wrecked, with one private residence partially destroyed.
An administrative edifice comprised of three stories sustained damage, and a corpse was discovered within. The Solomiansky district witnessed a warehouse partially destroyed and ablaze. Missile remnants fell upon a roadway in Darnytskyi district.
Kyiv Oblast reported one individual injured and eight entities damaged in three districts, encompassing private residences and vehicles. Zelenskyy subsequently implored for intensified sanctions against Russia and more air-defense interceptors, as the onslaught persisted throughout the UN General Assembly week.
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