In Pictures Save Share Rescue workers put out a fire at the National Academy of Sciences building after a Russian drone strike in the centre of Kyiv, Ukraine. [Dan Bashakov/AP Photo] By AFP, AP, EPA and Reuters Published On 28 Sep 202628 Sep 2026 Russian drones have struck Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in the historic centre of Kyiv, as Moscow’s forces continue to pound the capital around the clock.

Ukrainian officials reported that at least seven people were killed and more than 80 wounded on Monday as Russian strikes hit apartment blocks, offices, petrol stations, data centres and cultural sites.

In Kyiv, a woman died and several people were injured when a high-speed drone smashed into the academy building near the German embassy and key government institutions.

Staff were seen escaping down firefighters’ ladders as flames engulfed part of the structure.

Mayor Vitali Klitschko condemned the strikes as “pure terror” aimed at disrupting normal life and breaking civilian morale.

Elsewhere, three people were killed in a strike on an office centre in Dnipro, while dozens were wounded in attacks on Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa.

Moscow says it is targeting military-related sites, but Ukraine accuses Russia of systematic attacks on civilians and infrastructure to cripple its economy and force concessions in stalled peace efforts to end the two countries’ four-and-a-half-year war.

Rescue workers evacuate an injured woman from a hospital damaged by a Russian drone strike in central Kyiv. [Dan Bashakov/AP Photo] Advertisement Firefighters work at a private medical centre hit by a Russian drone strike in Kyiv. [Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters] Smoke rises from Kyiv's Dobrobut Hospital and a residential building damaged in a Russian drone strike. [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo] A man runs in front of the hospital. [Dan Bashakov/AP Photo] Rescue workers prepare to put out a fire at the hospital. [Dan Bashakov/AP Photo] Rescue workers put out a fire at the Ukraine National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv. [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo] Advertisement Rescue workers extinguish a fire at Dobrobut Hospital. [Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo] Ukrainian experts carry a drone engine from the scene of a strike on a coffee shop in a residential area of Kyiv. [Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA] A destroyed car at the site of the coffee shop. [Sergey Dolzhenko/EPA]