Ukraine's Main Govt Building Hit in Massive Russian Air Attack

Russia's largest overnight air attack in its war with Ukraine set the main building of the Ukrainian government in Kyiv on fire and left three people dead, including an infant, whose body was pulled from the rubble, Ukrainian officials said on Sept. 7.

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KYIV —

"For the first time, the government building was damaged by an enemy strike — its roof and upper floors," Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on the Telegram messaging app.

"Rescuers are extinguishing the fire."

Reuters' witnesses saw the top floor of the main building of the Ukrainian government, located in the historic Pecherskyi district, burning, with thick smoke rising into the clear blue sky just after sunrise.

Ukraine's air force said on Telegram that Russia launched 805 drones into Ukraine overnight, as well as 13 missiles, with Ukrainian defense units downing 751 drones and four missiles.

That was the largest number of drones Russia has used to attack the country since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Mr. Timur Tkachenko, head of the capital's military administration, said an infant's body was pulled from the rubble in the Darnytskyi district, where a four-story apartment building was damaged.