# Ukraine war latest: Russian strike kills at least 12 in Kyiv and suburbs, including 6 rail workers

https://mins.news/en/item/40780

- The Kyiv Independent, 2026-09-01 17:59 UTC
- World
- Original: https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-war-latest-russia-kills-at-least-12-in-kyiv-and-suburbs-including-6-rail-workers/

> A Russian overnight ballistic-missile and drone attack killed at least 12 people and injured 21 in Kyiv and the surrounding oblast on Sept. 1. Six of the dead were Ukrainian Railways employees. Ukraine said Kyiv and Odesa oblasts were the main targets and that its defenses intercepted or suppressed 199 missiles and drones. Estonia and Romania also reported drone incursions or debris.

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