The attack has killed at least three people and injured 16 others, according to local officials. The strike signals a definitive end to Kyiv's brief respite while hosting U.S. envoys.
The defense minister cautioned that the contracted missiles would take time to arrive.
"The first step in liquidating a people is to erase its memory. Destroy its books, its culture, its history", said the historian Milan Hubl in Milan Kundera's The Book of Laughter and Forgetting. To destroy a man, first destroy his culture: this idea is neither new nor particularly singular. It was this very idea that prompted the creation of the Hague Convention in 1954, to protect cultural heritage during armed conflicts, after the Nazi regime burned and destroyed innumerable works of art in
Key developments on Sept. 8: * Russia's deadline to capture Donbas slips again as military asks for more time, Ukraine says * Germany 'ready to provide missiles for Patriots,' Zelensky says * Russia pounds Kyiv in overnight attack, killing 5, injuring 29, as brief truce ends in missile fire * Ukrainian drones ignite blaze at Russia's Saratov Oil Refinery, locals report * Russian drone violates Moldovan and Romanian airspace, crashes in Moldova Russia has again postponed its deadline to fu
Ukraine relies on the American-made Patriot PAC-3 air defense system for its defense against Russian ballistic missiles.
Spanish F/A-18 fighter jets, deployed as part of a NATO air-policing mission, were scrambled.
The attack has killed at least three people and injured 16 others, according to local officials. The strike signals a definitive end to Kyiv's brief respite while hosting U.S. envoys.
The Kyiv Independent's coverage of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, after eight years of aggression against Ukraine that began in 2014 with the annexation of Crimea and fighting in Donbas. The war has resulted in tens of thousands of military and civilian casualties and displaced millions of Ukrainians. NATO and Western allies have provided military aid to Ukraine while the conflict continues across fronts in Ukraine’s south and east.
"In 2026, the U.N. should not need a reminder: Crimea is Ukraine," said Ukrainian lawmaker Kira Rudik.
