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  • Source: Agencies
  • 7 Sep 2025 09:59
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A Kiev government building caught fire from drone debris during Russian strikes.

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    Smoke rises over Kiev: Klitschko says a fire broke out in a government building in the Pechersk district after the “probable downing of a UAV,” preliminarily identified as the Cabinet of Ministers. (Telegram)

A government facility in Kiev caught fire on Sunday amid a wave of Russian drone attacks, the city's mayor reported.

Vitaly Klitschko wrote on Telegram that "a government building caught fire following the apparent shootdown of a drone." He added that strikes had been registered across several districts of the capital.

Footage published by the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN showed smoke rising near Independence Square in the city center, close to the Cabinet of Ministers complex. Local media suggested that debris from an intercepted UAV may have caused the fire, rather than a direct hit on the building.

Вперше через ворожу атаку пошкоджена будівля Уряду. Прем'єрка Юлія Свириденко показала фото Кабміну.

Пошкоджений дах і верхні поверхи. Пожежу гасять. pic.twitter.com/dQmWdVMDYC

— BARMENY (@barmeny_ua) September 7, 2025

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Moscow has consistently concentrated its aerial campaign on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, logistics routes, and military sites. Yet government and administrative buildings in Kiev, though not officially declared as Russian targets, have repeatedly been damaged by falling debris, alongside residential neighborhoods and cultural landmarks.

The attacks came days after Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at the close of a state visit to China, warned that Moscow would escalate militarily if ongoing efforts to secure a peace settlement collapse. While saying he still saw "light at the end of the tunnel," Putin reiterated that Russia's demands include recognition of its control over occupied territories. He also questioned the legitimacy of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and dismissed prospects for a direct meeting, even as he claimed to have conveyed conditional offers through US President Donald Trump.

Negotiations remain at an impasse. Trump has promised that no US troops will deploy to Ukraine, though he has floated the idea of European reassurance forces and private contractors. European leaders, meanwhile, remain divided: Germany has ruled out Bundeswehr deployments, while France and the UK are leading a “Coalition of the Willing” summit with Zelensky in Paris this week to discuss long-term security guarantees.

On the battlefield, Ukraine has expanded cross-border drone operations. Russia's Defense Ministry said its air defenses downed 69 Ukrainian UAVs overnight across multiple regions, including Krasnodar, Voronezh, Belgorod, Astrakhan, Volgograd, and Crimea, as well as over the Sea of Azov. The scale of the strikes illustrates Kiev's increasing ability to project force deep into Russian territory.

Although Ukrainian officials describe these missions as targeting depots, supply hubs, and military infrastructure, Russian authorities have accused Ukraine of deliberately hitting civilian areas, particularly in Belgorod, where residents have been killed and wounded. Ukrainian officials have sometimes justified these actions as retaliation for Russian bombardments of Ukrainian cities and as a way to bring the war home to Russian society.

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