Ukraine kills four people in Russia’s Bryansk and Kursk, as well as the annexed Crimean peninsula. Published September 8, 2026September 8, 2026 Russia attacked kyiv after a three-day pause in attacks on the capitals of Ukraine and Russia expired, following a visit by two US envoys that yielded no tangible progress toward ending a more than four-year war. Ukraine’s air force said Tuesday it had shot down 142 drones. 31 of 32 cruise missiles and two ballistic missiles launched by Russia. He did not reveal how many ballistic missiles had been used in the attack. At least five people were killed and 30 others injured in Russian airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital, according to kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko. It reported that the attacks caused damage in the city’s Darnytskyi, Holosiivskyi, Podilskyi, Shevchenkivskyi and Solomianskyi districts. Fastiv districts on the outskirts of the city, according to the Ukrainian emergency services. In another attack, a Russian drone partially destroyed the building of a Ukrainian television channel in kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. ‘Missiles speak louder’ Ukraine criticized Russia for launching strikes so soon after US President Donald Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, visited the capitals of both countries. [President Vladimir] “Putin launched another massive and horrific attack on kyiv,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on social media, adding: “His ballistic missiles speak louder than his words about diplomacy.” He discussed the outcome of Witkoff and Kushner’s weekend visit – something he said both leaders had rated “with a plus sign” – and said Putin had told Trump what he believed the United States could do to help end the conflict. After the attacks in Ukraine, Russian regional governor Roman Busargin said Ukrainian drones damaged civilian infrastructure in the city of Saratov, nearly 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) from Moscow, injuring several people. At least two people were killed and one wounded in a Ukrainian attack on the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula, Moscow-appointed regional governor Sergei Aksyonov said. At least one person was killed in a drone strike in the village of Kalinovka in Russia’s Kursk region and another in the town of Starodub in the Bryansk region, according to local officials. Al Jazeera could not independently confirm the reports and there was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, welcomes Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, left, and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, second left, at the Kremlin in Moscow, September 5, 2026. [Gavriil Grigorov/Sputnik/Kremlin via EPA]
