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Russian overnight strikes killed at least two people in Ukraine, hours after Moscow dismissed German calls to de-escalate. A Ukrainian drone strike killed a civilian woman in Russian-occupied Enerhodar.
Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least two people overnight into Sunday, officials said, hours after Moscow rejected German calls to ease off its escalation toward NATO.
The attacks came as an intensifying aerial war between Russia and Ukraine shows no sign of slowing. Russia's top diplomat on Saturday brushed off what is believed to have been the first one-on-one meeting with his German counterpart since Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The meeting was held during the U.N. General Assembly's annual gathering of world leaders in New York.
Russian Strikes Kill Two in Ukraine
In Kyiv, a man was found dead after a Russian drone hit a non-residential building overnight, according to Ukraine's emergency service. Another drone struck a single-story vehicle repair shop, leaving firefighters battling the blaze into early Sunday, the emergency service said. Rescue workers put out a fire at the central market in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, which was damaged in a Russian strike on Saturday, Sept. 26, 2026, according to photos from the scene.
Russian forces also struck Ukraine's southern Odesa region, which surrounds the country's main Black Sea port, multiple times overnight into Sunday, killing one person and injuring two others, according to the head of the local military administration, Oleh Kiper. In Russian-occupied Ukraine, a strike by Kyiv's forces on Sunday killed a civilian woman in Enerhodar, the town housing Europe's largest nuclear plant, according to its Kremlin-installed mayor. Maxim Pukhov said Ukrainian drones also injured two others.
Russia and Ukraine have repeatedly blamed each other for damaging power lines supplying Enerhodar's Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which Moscow captured early in the war. The plant is not in service, but needs power to keep cooling systems running and maintain safety. Ties between Russia and Germany have soured in recent weeks, following an attempted drone attack last month at Leipzig airport that Berlin blamed on the Kremlin.
War Intensifies Despite Calls for Dialogue
With front-line positions largely unchanged since last year, Moscow has hammered its neighbor with cruise and ballistic missiles, powerful glide bombs and jet-powered drones in recent months. Meanwhile, Kyiv's long-range drones have targeted Russian oil refineries and businesses. Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was dismissive after the meeting in New York, which was held at German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul's request. Lavrov said that Wadephul simply reiterated his official position condemning Russia.
You can judge for yourself whether that counts as dialogue or not, he said. Wadephul expressed openness to a better relationship but said it required a genuine willingness from Russia's leadership to end the war in Ukraine, according to a German delegation official. An overwhelming majority of U.N. member nations have repeatedly condemned Moscow's invasion. The Kremlin describes the war as a special military operation intended to ensure Russia's security and the rights of Russian speakers.
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