Russian Strike Sets Kyiv Café Ablaze as Attacks Continue Into Night

Russia launched a fresh attack on Kyiv early Thursday, Oct. 1, sparking fires at a café and warehouse after a day of Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital killed three people and wounded seven. In the Solomianskyi district, flames broke out at a café on the ground floor of a residential building.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. The Kyiv City Military Administration (KMVA) confirmed the blaze was caused by the Russian attack. In the northern Obolonskyi district, a warehouse building also caught fire, while debris fell in an open area at another location. The renewed assault followed hours of Russian attacks on Kyiv throughout Wednesday involving ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones. Earlier Sept. 30, two women, aged 46 and 95, were killed when a Russian drone struck a private home. A third victim, an employee of municipal utility Kyivteploenergo, was killed when a drone hit a warehouse in the Solomianskyi district. At least seven people were wounded. The attacks repeatedly reached residential areas. In Obolonskyi, a Russian jet-powered drone clipped the roof of a nine-story apartment building before crashing near a children’s playground without detonating. President Volodymyr Zelensky said air raid alerts had continued for almost the entire day in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities, with the threat from jet-powered Shahed-type drones following overnight ballistic missile attacks. Kyiv Post is Ukraine’s first and oldest English news organization, reporting since 1995. Its international reach – 97% of readers are outside of Ukraine – make it truly Ukraine’s global voice.