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Kiev, Ukraine – 08. September: Seat in the Ukrainian Government 7. September hit Russian “Iskander-K” Cruise Rocket during the day of the Russian attack in Kiev, Ukraine, 8. September 2025. years. (Photo Danilo Antoniuk / Anadolu via Getti Images)

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Russia Hits the Government building in a record attack on Ukraine

In the early hours of 7. September Russia has performed the most intense air attack on Ukraine until today, dropping Salvo 810 shahed drones and drugs along with 13 missiles. Ukraine Aeronautical defense intercepted 747 drones and four cruise missiles, but all nine ballistic rockets penetrated the defense. Strikes hit more large cities throughout Ukraine, killing four people and injure about 50 others.

Ukraine capital, Kiev, wore a load overnight attack. In the district in the Government, near the historic city center, The Russian Ballistic Rocket was guessed by the Cabinet of Ministers – the seat of Ukraine executive – for the first time. In consequences, Prime Minister Iulia Sviridenko recorded Video message from the broken upper floor of the building. It looks visibly more emotional than usual, and she complained about greater international support to protect people of Ukraine.

Meanwhile, President Volodimir Zelenskii renewed His calls to a stronger international response. “The world can force crimine criminals to stop the murders,” he wrote in X. “All that is needed is a political will.” He noted that almost half of the released drones were decorated to exhaust the defense of Ukraine. In parallel, President Green discovered That about 150 Russian drones took out cheap flawless drugs.

Large-scale strikes have become standard tactics for Moscow: overcomes Ukraine air defense by launching record numbers at once. Russia has previously set the record in At the beginning of July with 728 projectiles in one night. So far, two main air strikers from 500 weapons in the air have been conducted in September forces so far, with 2,147 drones completely shipped.

In addition to a large volume strike 7. September, Russian shelling killed at least 20 and more than 50 civilians across Ukraine between 5. and 8. September. The hardest hit was the Eastern Province Donetsk With 10 civil cases and 20 injuries. Northeast officials Kharkiv The area or region, reported four deaths and 14 wounded; In the adjacent, central Dnipropetrovsk The area, four individuals lost their lives, with 10 injured others. Southern Herson The province recorded two deaths and six wounded.

New threats to additional sanctions in Russia

In Washington, American President Donald Trump said 7. September is ready to increase the sanctions of Moscow, but he emphasized that Europe must first behave. When asked if he moved to the “second phase of sanctions in Russia,” “yes” replied. The Secretary of the Vault Scott Bessent added that the White House pushes Europe to act in accordance. “If the US and the EU do this together, we are in the race between how long the Ukrainian army can keep as opposed to how long the Russian economy can withstand” told NBC 7. September.

In accordance with the statements of other senior officials, the US Secretary of Energy Chris Vright noted in an interview In addition to the financial age that the United States would only escalate sanctions if European countries stopped buying Russian oil and gas. He emphasized that the export of Russian fossil fuel is financed by Vladimir Putina and called for Europe to buy US LNG and other energy products, instead of completing US-EU Traffeting, up to 2028. years.

Aggressive Washington’s posture regarding the new sanctions of the Kremlin ‘s Form: Even after the negotiations reached the dead end in August, in many cases, American officials were warm in tone towards Russia and president of Putin. European officials, in contrast, consistently emphasized the need to detect the pressure of sanctions.

Responding to a renewed unfavorable rhetoric from the US, Kremlin insisted On Monday, no sanctions would ever force Russia to change their war against Ukraine, even how the West signaled additional economic constraints. “They could not be able to force the Russian Federation to change the consistent position about which our president talked several times,” said Spokesman Kremlin Dmitry Peskov 8. September. September

Peskov also rejected Western penalties as “absolutely useless in Russia”, while he emphasizes that Moscow likes to investigate his goals with political and diplomatic channels, in his opinion, in his opinion and Kiev.

Author: Danilo Nosov, Karina L. Tahiliani