A mother and her baby were among those killed during Vladimir Putin‘s 800 drone attack on Ukraine.
The 32-year-old woman and her two-month-old son died in the Sviatoshynskyi district of the capital, with dozens of people injured in the Russian terror.
The child’s father was pulled wounded from the rubble.
The strike across Ukraine involved at least 805 drones – a record for the war – and more than a dozen ballistic and cruise missiles hitting 20-plus cities.
A woman was also reported dead in the Sumy region, with seven wounded, as Putin continues to slaughter innocent civilians.
The ‘massive strikes’ led to NATO scrambling allied fighters over Poland, close to the Ukrainian border, with ground-based air defence and radar reconnaissance systems put on a state of ‘maximum readiness’.
The Warsaw operational commander said in a statement: ‘These actions are of a preventive nature and are aimed at securing the airspace and protecting citizens, especially in areas adjacent to the threatened zone.’
High-rise buildings and a nursery school were hit in the savage onslaught in Kyiv.
An explosion of a missile in Kyiv, Ukraine, lights up the sky during a Russian strike — September 7, 2025
Ukrainian servicemen shoot down a Russian missile as smoke rises from Kyiv — September 7, 2025
A man inspects the damage in an apartment that was hit during Russian strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine — September 7, 2025
Across Ukraine, the strikes targeted Kyiv region, Odesa, Kryvyi Rih, Kremenchuk, Khmelnytskyi, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia.
Pro-Putin news outlets boasted it was ‘one of the largest drone attacks by the Russian Armed Forces on Ukraine’, with claims of 1,000 drones.
Ukrainian officials initially acknowledged 805 drone strikes, plus 13 Iskander-K cruise and Iskander-M ballistic missiles.
While 751 drones and missiles were downed or missed, Ukraine admitted hits by nine missiles and 56 strike drones at 37 locations, with debris of downed targets falling in eight places.
Putin-fanatic war channels in Russia ‘rejoiced’ at the scale of the onslaught.
Energy infrastructure and a key bridge over the Dnipro River – targeted more than 20 times – and a dam area in Svitlovodsk were hit, as was an airfield in Khmelnytskyi region.
The Kryukovskiy bridge in Kremenchuk, Poltava region, was seen under attack on footage while the city suffered at least 40 explosions.
The key road and rail link was closed this morning, and electricity and the internet were not working early today.
It was the first time during the war that the offices of Ukraine’s Cabinet of Ministers had been struck.
A local resident looks out of the balcony in the damaged multi-storey building after Russia’s drone and missile attack — September 7, 2025
Smoke rises from a fire at the Cabinet of Ministers building after a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine — September 7, 2025
Flames and black smoke could be seen billowing from the windows from the government building in Kyiv — September 7, 2025
Firefighters work at the site of a transport enterprise hit during Russian drone and missile strikes in Kremenchuk, Ukraine — September 7, 2025
Firefighters put out a fire on a residential building that killed three people following a Russian strike in Kyiv – September 7, 2025
Smoke rises over a building of the Ukrainian government headquarters in Kyiv — September 7, 2025
Firefighters are seen hosing down a residential block in Kyiv following Russia’s drone attack — September 7, 2025
Close to Zelensky’s offices, it was seen ablaze but it was unclear if it was a direct hit or debris from a shot down Russian strike.
A firefighting helicopter was seen seeking to douse fires in Kyiv after the night of hell.
At the residential block where a mother and child died, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said: ‘The greatest damage was sustained by a nine-storey residential building, where there are partial destructions from the fourth to the eighth floor.
‘The bodies of two deceased were found there, the rescuers are now searching for the third.’
Putin also struck city and transport infrastructure in Kryvyi Rih, Zelensky’s birthplace.
Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko said: ‘Last night Russia launched another massive strike on Ukraine. Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Kremenchuk, Odessa came under fire.
‘For the first time, the Government building was damaged due to an enemy attack — the roof and upper floors.
‘Rescuers are extinguishing the fire. I thank them for their work. We will restore the buildings. But lost lives cannot be returned.
Families could be seen walking on the streets wrapped in blankets after the overnight missile attack in Kyiv — September 7, 2025
A residential block in Kyiv was heavily damaged in the barrage with firefighters seen battling to put out the flames — September 7, 2025
Ukraine’s port city of Odesa also came under attack during the strikes — September 7, 2025
Firefighters hose down vehicles following Russia’s drone attack in the Poltava region of Ukraine — September 7, 2025
‘The enemy terrorises and kills our people across the country every day. The world must respond to these destructions not only with words but with actions.
‘Sanction pressure must be increased — primarily against Russian oil and gas. New restrictions are needed that will hit the Kremlin’s war machine.
‘And most importantly — Ukraine needs weapons. Those that will stop the terror and prevent Russia from trying to kill Ukrainians every day.’
In Odesa, Putin’s forces hit a sports complex, residential buildings and other infrastructure.
Ukraine hit back with significant strikes on Russian oil facilities.
The Druzhba pipeline was attacked once more in Bryansk region, a key supply route for Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia, both EU states.
It is the first strike on this by Ukraine since Donald Trump demanded EU states stop buying Russian oil.
In Krasnodar region, Ukrainian drones set ablaze Russia’s strategic Ilsky Oil Refinery, leading to an evacuation of workers.
Fires were also raging at Kavkaz port – on the Kerch Strait – opposite occupied Crimea.
