In the early hours of September 28th, between 3:36 AM and 4:05 AM UTC, Russia launched a combined drone and missile attack targeting Ukraine, with significant impacts reported in the Kyiv region. The attacks resulted in fires and casualties, including five injured bakery employees in the Fastiv district and a fire on an apartment building roof in Bila Tserkva, according to reports from "✙Козак Пише 🇺🇦✙" and "Liveuamap". During this 29-minute reporting window, multiple sources indicated ongoing air threats. "єРадар" reported multiple groups of UAVs heading towards the south of the Kyiv region, with specific mentions of groups near Pereyaslav, Kagarlyk, and Huleaipole, as well as four UAVs in the direction of Troy from V. Dimerka. "war_monitor_ua" confirmed cruise missiles (KR) in the west of the Kyiv region heading northeast and one group of KR in the direction of Makari. "EuromaidanPR" reported burning cars in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv and falling debris in the Solomianskyi district, with Kyiv's mayor warning of many attack drones over the capital. The "Повітряні Сили ЗС України" (Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine) reported cruise missiles in the west of the Kyiv region with a northeast course, and another group heading towards Makari. "Nikolaevsky Vanёk" provided a detailed breakdown of "mopeds" (UAVs), with significant numbers reported over and around Kyiv (14), in the east of the Kyiv region (18), and heading towards the Kyiv region from the east (37) and north (13). "war_monitor_ua" also noted ongoing threats from percussion UAVs. In response to the activity, an Australian E-7 Wedgetail aircraft, callsign MAGPIE 01, was reportedly leading NATO's airborne early warning and control efforts, according to "Osinttechnical". Polish air traffic control cleared eastern Poland's airspace, with a NATO tanker and fighters patrolling as the Polish military remained on high alert. Previous reports from the period between 3:06 AM and 3:36 AM UTC detailed continued missile and drone activity across multiple Ukrainian regions, including Kyiv. During that earlier window, "Nikolaevsky Vanёk" reported rockets heading towards Boryspil and approximately 60 UAVs and remaining missiles in the air. "Повітряні Сили ЗС України" confirmed multiple cruise missile launches targeting areas near Kyiv and Vinnytsia. Reports from the preceding 29-minute window (2:36 AM to 3:05 AM UTC) indicated rocket launches from the Poltava region and ballistic missile threats in the Sumy region, with drones heading towards Makarov and Kyiv. "Ніколаевскій Ванёк" detailed missile movements towards Vinnytsia and Uman, with Ukrainian forces actively engaging these threats. Explosions and fires in residential and non-residential premises in the Belotserkovsky, Buchan, Fastiv, and Obukhov districts of Kyiv region were also reported during that earlier period due to drone and missile fragment impacts.
