Russia launches largest air attack of war on Ukraine, hits government headquarters
Russia launched its biggest drone and missile barrage on Ukraine overnight Sept. 6-7, killing at least four people, striking multiple regions, and igniting a fire at Kyiv’s Cabinet of Ministers building, Ukrainian officials said Sept. 7.
Russia launched its biggest drone and missile barrage on Ukraine overnight Sept. 6-7, killing at least four people, striking multiple regions, and igniting a fire at Kyiv’s Cabinet of Ministers building, Ukrainian officials said Sept. 7.
The people killed included a child, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Sept. 7 social media post. More than 44 others were injured, according to a separate post from Zelenskyy.
Zelenskyy said the barrage of more than 800 drones and 13 missiles also struck apartments, houses, a kindergarten classroom in Zaporizhzhia, and other buildings across the country.
Since last night, work has been ongoing to eliminate the consequences of Russian strikes – more than 800 drones, 13 missiles, including 4 ballistic. According to preliminary information, several drones crossed the border of Ukraine and Belarus.
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) September 7, 2025
In Kyiv, ordinary residential… pic.twitter.com/CefQOopLtD
“Such killings now, when real diplomacy could have already begun long ago, are a deliberate crime and a prolongation of the war,” the Ukrainian president wrote, calling for “the Kremlin criminals to stop the killings.”
According to the New York Post, Ukraine’s air force reported intercepting 751 drones and four missiles, marking the heaviest drone strike since the war began in February 2022.
The Cabinet of Ministers building was hit around 6 a.m. Sept. 7, the outlet reported. The government headquarters houses several government offices, including that of Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, who shared footage of the damaged building on social media.
This is how the headquarters of Ukraine’s government now looks after this morning's Russian attack. Our whole team works in this building daily. Fortunately, no one was injured. Russian barbarism will not halt the work of Ukraine’s government.
— Yulia Svyrydenko (@Svyrydenko_Y) September 7, 2025
The walls will be repaired, they… pic.twitter.com/Zc8aXkAtK1
President Donald Trump told reporters Sept. 7 that he is “not happy with anything having to do with that war. It’s just such a waste of great humanity.”
“When you’re losing 5 to 7,000 soldiers a week,” he added, “you have to get that settled.”
.@POTUS Trump and @VP Vance had a very productive call with EU President @vonderleyen on Friday.
— Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent (@SecScottBessent) September 7, 2025
We are prepared to increase pressure on Russia, but we need our European partners to follow us: further economic pressure can drive the Russian economy towards a full collapse, and… pic.twitter.com/HfKIyC2WU5
Scott Bessent, the US secretary of the treasury, added in a “Meet the Press” interview Sept. 7 that Washington is “prepared to increase pressure on Russia” if the European Union joins the effort.
Bessent said the US and EU could push President Vladimir Putin to negotiate by jointly imposing more sanctions and secondary tariffs on buyers of Russian oil, which he said would drive Russia’s economy into “full collapse.”
European leaders swiftly condemned the attack. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wrote Sept. 7 on social media that “Europe stands, and will continue to stand, fully behind Ukraine,” pledging tougher sanctions and “lasting security guarantees.”
