Russia launched mass missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, hitting Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia, with civilian deaths reported, including a 12-year-old, between 8:35 AM and 9:35 AM UTC on September 28th. Kyiv suffered hits and fires in Solom’yansky, Sviatoshyn, Holosiivskyi, and Dniprovskiy districts, with a five-storey building damaged. Zaporizhzhia experienced major fires. According to reports shared via X, the attack was primarily aimed at Kyiv. The Solomianskyi district of Kyiv saw a fire erupt on one floor of a state medical institution, as announced by Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko earlier this morning. Previous reports indicated damage to a kindergarten in Kyiv and residential buildings in the city. Drone activity was reported in the Poltava and Zhytomyr regions between 5:06 AM and 5:35 AM UTC, with UAVs in Poltava heading towards Mirgorod and those in Zhytomyr moving west. Simultaneously, a residential building in Zaporizhzhia was hit, with 21 people previously reported injured. A shopping mall in Bila Tserkva was also struck by a Russian drone this morning, resulting in injuries. Overnight and into the morning, multiple sources reported extensive drone activity across the Kyiv region, with Ukrainian air defense systems actively engaged. The "єРадар" channel tracked drones in the Chernihiv region, and the "‼️ТРИВОГА ~ РАДАР🚀ДЕ РАКЕТА? ДЕ ШАХ..." channel indicated new "Shahed" drones entering the Sumy and Chernihiv regions. A Royal Australian Air Force E-7A "Wedgetail" aircraft participated in a mission to defend Polish airspace under NATO Operation Eastern Sentry.
