Theguardian iconTheguardianSep 28, 2026

Daytime Russian strike on Kyiv’s science academy kills at least one

Flames tore through the historic building as people clambered out of first- and second-floor windows to escape, in dramatic scenes increasingly familiar in the heavily bombarded city.

Daytime Russian strike on Kyiv’s science academy kills at least one

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Flames tore through the historic building as people clambered out of first- and second-floor windows to escape, in dramatic scenes increasingly familiar in the heavily bombarded city.

Three others wounded as jet-powered drones increasingly target Ukraine's capital, with medical centre also hit A Russian drone hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv on Monday, killing at...

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Flames tore through the historic building as people clambered out of first- and second-floor windows to escape, in dramatic scenes increasingly familiar in the heavily bombarded city. Three others wounded as jet-powered drones increasingly target Ukraine's capital, with medical centre also hit A Russian drone hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv on Monday, killing at least one person, in the latest daytime attack on Ukraine's capital.

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Three others wounded as jet-powered drones increasingly target Ukraine's capital, with medical centre also hit A Russian drone hit the National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv on Monday, killing at least one person, in the latest daytime attack on Ukraine's capital.

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