Russia Resumes Mass Attacks as Truce Ends, Killing 5 and Injuring 70 Nationwide

Russia ended its reciprocal 72-hour pause on strikes against Kyiv with a mass missile-and-drone assault in the early hours of September 8, killing at least 5 people and injuring around 70 nationwide, one day after US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner concluded their shuttle diplomacy between Moscow and Kyiv. Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 166 drones, 32 cruise missiles, and an unspecified number of anti-ship and ballistic missiles overnight; Ukrainian forces downed 142 drones, 31 cruise missiles, and two ballistic missiles. In Kyiv, at least 3 people were killed and 25 injured as strikes hit the Darnytskyi, Holosiivskyi, Podilskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, and Solomianskyi districts, damaging residential buildings, a school, and warehouses; drone wreckage struck a four-story office building in Solomianskyi around noon, sparking a fire and evacuations. President Zelensky said the barrage was designed to 'cause as much harm to life as possible.'