Russia Strikes Kyiv Railway Depot in 6th-Straight-Night Barrage, Killing 12 Including 6 Rail Workers

Russian forces attacked Kyiv and its suburbs overnight into September 1 with ballistic missiles, Kalibr cruise missiles, S-300/Banderol munitions, and 218 drones (roughly one-third jet-powered) — Ukraine's air defenses intercepted or suppressed 199 of the 199+ targets, striking 28 locations with debris falling at 10 more. A ballistic missile tore through a Ukrzaliznytsia railway maintenance depot in Kyiv, killing 6 rail workers and destroying a workshop. In Brovary, east of Kyiv, a separate strike killed 4 and injured 13, damaging a five-story residential building. Across Kyiv city and oblast, the overnight barrage killed at least 12 (8 in the city, 4 in Brovary/oblast) and injured 21. It was the sixth consecutive night of sustained Russian bombardment of the capital region, coinciding with Ukraine's first day of the new school year.