Ukrainian TV channel building hit by Russian drone as five killed in Kyiv
A Russian drone struck the headquarters of Ukrainian TV channel We Are Ukraine in Kyiv on Tuesday, injuring at least five people while journalists were broadcasting live. President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack as a "new page in Russian degradation" and renewed his appeal for allied support, as the strike formed part of a wider wave of Russian missile and drone attacks that killed at least five people in the capital and struck a passenger train in southern Ukraine, killing a female employee.
Overnight explosions across Kyiv killed three people and injured 25, damaging residential buildings in the Solomianskyi district and setting vehicles alight in Podilskyi, with residents sheltering in metro stations as has become routine. The attacks came despite Russia and Ukraine having agreed a three-day halt on strikes against each other's capitals while US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow and Kyiv; those talks ended without major breakthroughs, and Zelensky said he now expects the war to continue into winter. BBC Verify analysis found Kyiv is experiencing more daily air raid alerts than at any point since the full-scale invasion began.
In short
- Russian drone hit Kyiv TV channel building, injuring five journalists live on air
- Wider strikes killed five in Kyiv; train attack killed one in the south
- US-brokered talks ended without breakthrough; Zelensky expects war into winter
Explained simply
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and the two countries have since fought across a wide front. Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, has repeatedly faced Russian missile and drone attacks, while air raid alerts warn residents to seek shelter.
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, leads the country’s government and has called on allied countries for military and other support. Russia and Ukraine have held talks and agreed temporary limits on attacks at times, but these have not ended the fighting.
The war affects civilians, transport and essential services far from the front line. Attacks on cities can cause deaths and damage homes and workplaces, while frequent alerts disrupt daily life.
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