Russian drone hits school in Ukraine’s Kyiv as Moscow presses air assault

Russian drone strikes hit a school in Kyiv and the main bridge, disrupting transport in the latest wave of attacks.

Russian drone crashes into Kyiv playground without exploding

A Russian drone has struck a school in Kyiv, officials said, as the Ukrainian capital endured another day of bombardment.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said children and staff were hiding in shelters when the drone hit and there were no immediate reports of casualties during the attack on Thursday.

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Elsewhere, two Russian drones hit an important bridge connecting eastern and western Kyiv, forcing the suspension of metro services and ground public transport.

In a statement on Thursday, Ukraine’s nuclear safety watchdog said a Russian drone hit the grounds of a nuclear research facility in Kyiv on Wednesday, causing a fire but leaving the facility’s test reactor undamaged.

“The fire that resulted from the attack was quickly extinguished. There were no injuries,” the regulator said in a statement, adding that the reactor was not damaged and had been shut down since 2022.

Ukraine’s air force said the number of Russian drone strikes on the country increased in September, with 3,177 attacks up to September 29. In August, 2,850 attacks were recorded.

Meanwhile, local authorities in Russia’s Belgorod region said one man was killed when a drone exploded in the town of Graivoron on Thursday.

Rescue workers evacuate an injured woman from a hospital damaged after a Russian drone attack in central Kyiv, Ukraine, in September [File: Dan Bashakov/AP Photo]

The attacks come as the United Kingdom announced a new package of 31 sanctions on Russia, aimed at stemming funding to the “Kremlin war chest, propagandists and torturers”.

In a statement, the UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office said the sanctions targeted “eight people involved in the arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of Ukrainian civilians” and a further “seven individuals are being targeted for their role in the indoctrination and militarisation of Ukrainian children”.

It said it was not seeking confrontation with Russia but would support Ukraine until the end of the “barbaric” war.

俄罗斯无人机袭击了基辅的一所学校和一座主要桥梁，在最新一轮袭击中扰乱了交通。

俄罗斯无人机坠毁在基辅游乐场，未爆炸

官员称，一架俄罗斯无人机袭击了基辅的一所学校，乌克兰首都基辅又遭受了一天的轰炸。

基辅市长维塔利·克利奇科表示，无人机袭击时，儿童和工作人员正躲在避难所里，周四的袭击事件中没有人员伤亡的报告。

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俄罗斯对基辅地区发动的三起袭击事件中的第三起，造成四人死亡，袭击目标是电网。

此外，两架俄罗斯无人机撞击了连接基辅东西部的一座重要桥梁，导致地铁和地面公共交通暂停运营。

乌克兰核安全监管机构周四发表声明称，一架俄罗斯无人机周三袭击了基辅一处核研究设施的场地，引发火灾，但该设施的试验反应堆未受损。

监管机构在一份声明中表示：“袭击引发的火灾很快被扑灭，没有人员伤亡。”声明还补充说，反应堆没有受损，并且自2022年以来一直处于关闭状态。

乌克兰空军表示，9月份俄罗斯无人机对乌克兰的袭击次数有所增加，截至9月29日共发生3177次袭击。8月份记录在案的袭击次数为2850次。

与此同时，俄罗斯别尔哥罗德州地方当局称，周四在格赖沃龙镇发生的一起无人机爆炸事件中，一名男子丧生。

9 月，救援人员从乌克兰基辅市中心一家遭俄罗斯无人机袭击而受损的医院中救出一名受伤妇女。[图片：丹·巴沙科夫/美联社照片]

就在英国宣布对俄罗斯实施新的 31 项制裁之际，这些袭击事件发生了。这些制裁旨在阻止资金流入“克里姆林宫的战争基金、宣传人员和酷刑者”。

英国外交、联邦和发展事务部在一份声明中表示，制裁的目标是“参与任意拘留、酷刑和虐待乌克兰平民的八人”，另外“七人因其在对乌克兰儿童进行灌输和军事化方面所扮演的角色而受到制裁”。

它表示，它不寻求与俄罗斯对抗，但会支持乌克兰直到这场“野蛮”战争结束。