Targets that Russia claims to have in the greatest air attack over Ukraine since the beginning of the war
Image from Kiev, Sunday, September 7, 2025, in the context of the rocket wave and drones launched by Russian forces. Credit: Sergei Supinsky / AFP / Profimedia
The Moscow Ministry of Defense made a series of statements on Sunday about the operation that Ukrainian officials described as the largest air attack since the beginning of the war. It took place during the night, and in Kiev, according to the Ukrainian authorities, he killed at least three people, hurt several tens and damaged buildings, including that of the Ukrainian cabinet, notes AFP and The Guardian.
In the statement sent, according to Reuters, the Russian Ministry of Defense claims that it has used aircraft, drones, missiles and artillery to attack Ukrainian armament factories, the transport infrastructure used by the Ukrainian army, aerodromes and arsenals.
“Operational-tactical aircraft, unanswered air vehicles, missile and artillery forces … they damaged targets in the military-industrial complex and Ukraine's transport infrastructure used in the interest of Ukraine's armed forces,” said the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Moscow also claimed that his forces attacked drone factories, storage and launching installations for long -range drones, arsenals, aerodromes, radar stations and places where Ukrainian and foreign mercenaries were gathered.
According to Moscow, Russian defense shot down three guided air bombs, three Himars missiles and 210 drones.
The ministry also said that the Russian troops took control of the village of Khoroșe in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.
Ukrainian air forces said on Sunday that Russia launched 805 drones and 13 missiles to Ukraine on Saturday night, the largest air attack since the beginning of the war, according to AFP. In Kiev, officials said that Moscow's operation killed at least three people, including a mother and her two -month -old baby, The Guardian notes. In the attack was damaged the building of the Ukrainian cabinet of ministers, according to the announcement made by the prime minister.
