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Russian attacks kills three in Ukrainian cities, strikes hit Kyiv districts, officials say

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Russian attacks on September 27 killed three people in Sumy and Kharkiv, Ukraine, while strikes hit multiple districts of Kyiv, including near kindergartens and playgrounds. Local officials reported injuries from a fire caused by one of the drones hitting an apartment building in an eastern suburb of Kyiv. The continuous daytime attacks on Ukrainian cities mark a shift from previous predominantly night-time assaults.

Written by AI on 2026-09-27, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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On September 27, Russia attacked the headquarters of Kyivstar, Ukraine's largest mobile service provider, according to the company. The Russian defense ministry also claimed it hit a data center belonging to Vodafone Ukraine, the second-largest cell network provider. Kyivstar reported no casualties at its head office in Kyiv, but Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated that Russia had struck a data center in Kyiv twice on Sunday morning, injuring two children and an adult. Over the past week, Russian strikes have caused internet service outages for about 100,000 households in Kyiv and surrounding areas, according to Ukraine's digital ministry. The Ukrainian foreign minister emphasized that disrupting major data centers aims to hinder information flow, highlighting the importance of rapid alerts for saving lives during missile and drone threats.

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Russian attacks kills three in Ukrainian cities, strikes hit Kyiv districts, officials say Sept 27 - Russian attacks killed three people in two different Ukrainian cities on Sunday and struck different districts of the capital Kyiv, local officials said.

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🔮 And in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a drone had struck a high-rise apartment building and triggered a fire in an eastern suburb, wounding one person.

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Russian attacks kills three in Ukrainian cities, strikes hit Kyiv districts, officials say · assertive framing

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officials → kill → capital

Russian forces have long staged intensive attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, mostly at night, but in recent weeks they have launched strikes almost continuously throughout the day. asserted

they → stag → day

In the northern city of Sumy, a frequent Russian target near the border, three glide bombs struck near a family support centre, killing two people, regional governor Oleh Hryhorov wrote on Telegram. asserted

Hryhorov → strike → Telegram

Russia has long said it intends to turn areas of the Sumy region into a buffer zone. asserted

it → say → zone

In Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city in the northeast and another frequent target, a drone struck a car, killing the driver, prosecutors said. asserted

prosecutors → strike → driver

And in Kyiv, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a drone had struck a high-rise apartment building and triggered a fire in an eastern suburb, wounding one person. asserted

drone → say → person

Emergency crews extinguished the blaze. asserted

crews → extinguish → blaze

Drones hit areas near a kindergarten and a playground in two districts, Klitschko said, and other areas in the city also suffered damage, though no casualties were reported. asserted

casualties → hit → damage

Both sides in the more than 4-1/2-year-old war deny targeting civilians. asserted

sides → target → civilians