# Russian strike hits central Kyiv, killing one at Academy of Sciences building

https://mins.news/en/video/77282

- Al Jazeera English, 2026-09-28 14:56 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmGIyINjpvk

> A Russian drone strike hit Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences building in central Kyiv around lunchtime, killing one person. The building is near the National Opera and Khreshchatyk, in the capital’s cultural heart. People inside described a powerful blast and questioned why an administrative site holding paperwork and archives, rather than laboratories, was targeted.

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