3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 28
Summary
A Russian jet-powered drone struck Kyiv’s National Academy of Sciences just before 1:30 p.m., setting the top two floors ablaze, killing at least one person and injuring six.
Employees eating lunch in their offices crawled out of windows and climbed down ladders as firefighters battled the fire at the landmark city-center building; one man was still missing.
The academy strike was followed within hours by another drone hit on a clinic about a mile south and a separate interception as a drone reached a nearby building.
Kyiv has faced weeks of near-round-the-clock attacks by new jet-powered drones that Ukrainian air defenses struggle to stop, reinforcing what residents describe as a campaign to intimidate civilians and disrupt work, study and research.