Overnight into September 6, Russia fired ballistic missiles and 167 drones at at least 12 Ukrainian regions; six people were killed and 51 injured over the past day.
Overnight into Sunday, September 6, Russia carried out one of its heaviest attacks of the week: according to Ukraine's Air Force, it fired Iskander-M or KN-23 ballistic missiles along with 167 strike drones and decoy UAVs at Ukraine. At least 12 regions were targeted, from Kherson and Sumy to Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, Kharkiv, Poltava, Kyiv and Mykolaiv oblasts. Over the past day, at least six people were killed and 51 injured across the country. Volunteers Support Ukraine offers its condolences to every family affected by this night's attacks.
According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, part of the attack was demonstrative: Russian forces targeted Kyiv's airports, including Boryspil, right as a delegation of American envoys was heading to the Ukrainian capital. This came despite the two sides having agreed, just the day before, to a limited pause in strikes on Kyiv and Moscow for the duration of the diplomatic visit.
Ukraine's air defense forces destroyed or neutralized 128 of the 167 strike drones; drone impacts and debris were recorded at 23 locations nationwide. That is among the strongest interception rates of recent weeks, though every target that got through still meant fresh damage or casualties.
That same week, similar strikes had already left behind wrecked stores, damaged homes and damaged infrastructure across Ukraine, from Kherson to Zaporizhzhia. Every such night means another cycle of clearing rubble and restoring the essentials for rescue crews and local communities.
In some regions, strikes hit apartment buildings directly, leaving residents without windows — and sometimes without a roof — just as autumn approaches. Volunteers Support Ukraine continues to monitor the needs of affected communities.
Massed strikes like this one have become a grim norm of this war, but they also underline how vital continued support for affected communities remains. Volunteers Support Ukraine continues helping people affected by the war in whatever way its available resources allow, and believes that the resolve of Ukrainians and their partners will eventually put an end to these daily attacks.
