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The main government building in Kyiv caught fire after what Ukraine has described as Russia’s largest air attack of the war so far. A one-year-old baby was among at least two people killed in one part of the city, officials said. Follow the latest below.
Sunday 7 September 2025 10:22, UK
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According the Russia’s RIA news agency, the defence ministry has said the country faced a drone attack overnight from Ukraine.
Air defence units took down 69 drones in total, the report added.
It’s not clear where the drones were headed or where they were brought down. 
However, Ukraine has claimed an attack on a key pipeline in Bryansk – see our 7.52 post.
These are some of the latest pictures from Kyiv this morning, after a massive overnight attack caused a fire at a key government building.
Damage has also been reported elsewhere in the city.
The sky over Kyiv has been “covered with smoke” since Russia’s overnight attack, Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry has said.
In what Ukraine has described as the largest drone assault since the war began, the Cabinet of Ministers building was damaged.
“Works to eliminate the consequences of the terror continues,” the Foreign Ministry said.
“This is a deliberate step by Russia to prolong the war, a conscious crime, and a mockery of peace efforts, including those of the United States.
“There must be a clear and strong response in the form of sanctions. Words have never stopped Russian drones and missiles.”
Here’s a look at the latest battlefield maps of Ukraine.
Scroll through the maps to view different parts of the battlefield, including the situation in key regions such as Luhansk, Donetsk and Belgorod.
Vladimir Putin reportedly wants control of the eastern Donetsk and Luhansk regions of Ukraine – known as the Donbas – as a condition for ending the war.
Russia occupies around 19% of Ukraine, including Crimea and the parts of the Donbas region it seized before the full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Ukraine’s prime minister has shared images of the damage made to a government office in Kyiv.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia’s attack overnight caused a fire at the Cabinet of Ministers building – see the post below this one.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has condemned Russia’s overnight attack as a “deliberate crime” and “prolongation of war”.
As we’ve been reporting, a main government building caught fire during the attack.
Zelenskyy said this was the Cabinet of Ministers building, with a fire breaking out on the upper floors.
It’s not clear at this point if that was a result of a direct hit or from debris.
So far, Russia has avoided targeting government buildings in the city centre.
He also said “several drones crossed the border of Ukraine and Belarus”, according to preliminary information, though he did not elaborate.
“Many regions” have been affected over the past day, he added, including: 
“Such killings now, when real diplomacy could have already begun long ago, are a deliberate crime and a prolongation of the war,” he said.
“It has been repeatedly said in Washington that sanctions will follow a refusal to talk.”
At least two people were killed in Russia’s attack on Ukraine overnight, according to officials.
According to Timur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv’s military administration, that figure includes a one-year-old baby, whose body was pulled from rubble in the Darnytskyi district.
He said a young woman also died there, where a four-storey block of flats was damaged.
Earlier, Kyiv’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said it is possible a third victim may have died, while a pregnant woman was among the injured.
State emergency officials said 18 people have been injured in total so far.
Ukraine says it has once again attacked the Druzhba oil pipeline in Russia’s Bryansk region, causing “comprehensive fire damage”.
That’s according to the commander of Ukraine’s drone forces, Robert Brovdi.
This pipeline supplies oil to Hungary and Slovakia, which continue to buy energy from Russia, even after the EU moved to cut ties.
Kyiv says it goes for Russia’s oil pipelines to undermine its war effort.
Brovdi’s claim has not been independently verified and Russia has not commented on the attack.
But Russia has commented on what it says was a separate attack on the Ilsky oil refinery in Krasnodar.
The administration of the southern Russian region said a fire was quickly put out.
“One of the processing units caught fire. The blaze, covering several square metres, was quickly extinguished,” the administration said.
“There were no casualties. Fire and rescue teams, as well as special and emergency services, are working at the scene. The refinery personnel were evacuated to shelters.”
The night sky over Ukraine’s capital was lit up with drones and missiles overnight in what Kyiv says was Russia’s largest air attack of the war so far.
These were some of the scenes from the city, where a headquarters building of the Ukrainian government caught fire.
With Russia’s aerial bombardment overnight threatening western Ukraine, neighbour Poland activated its own and allied aircraft in response.
The operational command of the Polish armed forces said: “Polish and allied aircraft are operating in our airspace, while ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems have been brought to the highest state of readiness.”
At about 1.30am UK time (3.30am in Ukraine), almost all of Ukraine was under air raid alerts.
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