Russia launches huge drone and missile assault on Ukraine, kills 4

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Russian forces launched an enormous barrage of drones and missiles into Ukraine on Sunday, killing at the very least 4 individuals.

The strike, principally concentrating on the capital metropolis of Kyiv, was the primary main aerial assault since Russia launched its largest barrage of the battle final month. Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv Metropolis Administration, confirmed Sunday’s casualties through Telegram and mentioned 10 individuals have been additionally wounded within the assault. A type of killed was a 12-year-old woman, he mentioned.

"The Russians have restarted the kid dying counter," Tkachenko wrote.

Russia fired a complete of 595 exploding drones and decoys and 48 missiles, Ukraine’s air drive mentioned Sunday. Of these, air defenses shot down or jammed 566 drones and 45 missiles, they mentioned.

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Rescuers work on the web site of an condo buildings broken throughout a Russian assault in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. (AP Picture/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned the bombardment focused the areas of Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Sumy, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, and Odesa along with Kyiv. He mentioned at the very least 70 individuals have been injured nationwide.

"This vile assault got here nearly (at) the shut of UN Common Meeting week, and that is precisely how Russia declares its true place. Moscow desires to maintain combating and killing, and it deserves the hardest strain from the world," Zelenskyy wrote in a press release on social media.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky famous that Russia's assault landed on the tip of the United Nations' common meeting week. (Antonio Masiello/Getty Picture)

Sunday's barrage comes after President Donald Trump displayed a shift in tone towards Ukraine through the United Nations Common Meeting final week. Quite than emphasizing a peace cope with Putin, Trump as an alternative urged Ukraine to go after Russia in no matter methods potential.

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"I believe Ukraine, with the assist of the European Union, is able to struggle and win all of Ukraine again in its unique kind," he mentioned Tuesday on social media.

"With time, endurance, and the monetary assist of Europe and, specifically, NATO, the unique borders from the place this battle began, may be very a lot an choice," Trump added. "Why not?"

U.S. President Donald Trump shifted his tone on the Ukraine battle through the United Nations common meeting. ( Chip Somodevilla/Getty Pictures)

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Trump's feedback current a stark reversal from the place he stood when he first re-entered workplace and, in an infamous February Oval Office meeting instructed Zelenskyy he "[didn’t] have the playing cards" to tackle Russia, and repeatedly instructed Kyiv would wish to make vital concessions to finish the battle.

Fox Information' Caitlin McFall and The Related Press contributed to this report

Anders Hagstrom is a reporter with Fox Information Digital masking nationwide politics and main breaking information occasions. Ship tricks to Anders.Hagstrom@Fox.com, or on Twitter: @Hagstrom_Anders.