Evening News Wrap: Russia Launches Biggest Airstrikes on Ukraine Since War Began; Japan PM Shigeru Ishiba Quits, and More

Why Russia launched the largest aerial strike of the war so far

The Russian army launched a fresh drone assault on Kyiv, hitting a government building for the first time

Royal Opera House accused of 'legitimising' Ukraine war by casting Anna Netrebko

The Ukrainian ambassador to the UK said Anna Netrebko is ‘a cultural instrument legitimising killings in Ukraine’

Kiev loses 4,300 troops, mercenaries in LPR over week — military expert

The battlegroup West inflicted the greatest damage to the enemy's manpower while operating in the Kupyansk area and the Svatovo-Kremenetshoye direction in the LPR

Ukraine Government Building Damaged in Kyiv in the Largest Russian Attack Since the War Began

Russia attacked with 810 drones and decoys, Ukraine's air force said, adding it shot down 747 drones and four missiles.

Russia Launches Largest-Ever Drone Attack in Ukraine War

Russia launched hundreds of exploding drones and decoys across Ukraine in the largest air assault so far in the war, killing at least five people and setting a government building in Kyiv ablaze.

Massive Russian Air Strikes Hit Kyiv In Record Barrage

Russian drone strikes have struck a key Ukrainian government building for the first time since Moscow's full-scale invasion began, Kyiv said. The September 7 attack on Kyiv's Cabinet of Ministers building was part of Russia's biggest aerial assault on the Ukrainian capital since February 2022, according to Ukrainian officials. Some 800 drones and missiles targeted Kyiv, officials said, killing at least three people.