Scientists hung from windows: The Russian weapon that bypasses Kyiv's defenses

Waves of Russian jet-powered drones struck central Kyiv on Monday, hitting the National Academy of Sciences and a medical center. At least two people were killed and 24 wounded, including three children. Academy employees hung from windows of the burning building in a desperate attempt to escape. Moscow is upgrading its weapons at a pace Ukraine struggles to match.

Waves of Russian jet-powered drones struck central Kyiv on Monday afternoon (September 28), hitting the building of the National Academy of Sciences and the "Dobrobut" medical center. Academy employees, some elderly, hung from the upper-floor windows of the burning building in a desperate attempt to escape the flames and smoke. At least two people were killed and 24 wounded, including three children. Scientists and academics gathered outside the rubble of the neoclassical building opposite the opera house. About an hour later, 800 meters to the west, a drone crashed into the upper floors of the medical center, wounding six medical staff members. Frightened civilians rushed to shelter in underground passages. Moscow has intensified its attack by deploying faster, more advanced weapons capable of evading Ukrainian defense systems. Kyiv relies on prototype interceptors and has not yet deployed them widely, a process that could take months. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone wounded four people in Russia's Voronezh region.