Russia hits main govt building in Kiev

Kiev [Ukraine] / Moscow [Russia], September 8: Ukraine's main government building in Kiev has been hit for the first time in the war during Russian attacks, the Ukrainian prime minister has said.
Yulia Svyrydenko said the building's roof and upper floors were damaged and a fire ignited "due to an enemy attack".
At least four people were killed in strikes across the country, including a baby and a young woman who died after a nine-storey residential building was hit in Kiev's Svyatoshynsky district, officials said.
Ukraine's air force reported that a record number of drones and missiles were launched by Russia in the latest nightly attack - more than 800 in total.
According to the air force, nine missiles and 56 drones hit 37 locations, and the downed wreckage fell at eight locations.
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said the barrage caused damage in the cities of Zaporizhzhia, Kryvyi Rih and Odesa, as well as in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions.
"Such killings now, at a time when real diplomacy could have started a long time ago, are a deliberate crime and an attempt to prolong the war," Zelensky said on social media, urging political will from the world to stop the attacks.
Russia's defence ministry said it had carried out strikes on Ukraine's military-industrial complex and transport infrastructure, inflicting damage on weapons and military equipment warehouses.
The Kiev government building that was hit is also known as the cabinet of ministers building, as it houses the offices of Ukraine's main ministers. Kiev mayor Vitali Klitschko suggested a drone may have accidentally hit the cabinet building after being intercepted, although the details remained unclear on Sunday.
"In Pechersk district, a fire broke out in a government building as a result of an UAV possibly being shot down," he wrote on Telegram. This is a new twist in Russia's attacks on Ukraine. Until now, no government building has been hit - the centre of Kiev is very heavily defended, it has been since the start of the full-scale invasion. So this will shake people.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, 17 people were injured in a strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia, when multiple buildings including homes and a nursery were hit, regional administration head Ivan Fedorov said.
Ukrainian drones carried out a strike against the key Russian oil pipeline Druzhba, the Ukrainian unmanned aerial forces commander Robert Brovdi said. He said a pumping station in Bryansk region was hit.
Source: Qatar Tribune