Kyiv school hit by Russian drone as attacks kill civilians across Ukraine

Russian drone strikes have continued across Ukraine, killing civilians in Dnipro, Sumy and Kyiv and hitting a school in the capital. The school strike happened this morning while more than 100 children and 60 staff were inside. Part of the building was damaged and a fire broke out on an upper floor. President Zelensky said no one was injured because pupils and teachers had been in a shelter.

The wider wave of attacks has caused deaths and injuries in several cities. One report said six people died in Dnipro and others were killed in Sumy and Kyiv. Another overnight attack killed at least five people and injured 14 across Ukraine. Kyiv's mayor said at least seven people, including two children, were killed on Friday when a drone struck an office building, with dozens more injured. In Odesa, one man was killed when a drone hit his car. Three people were also killed in an office block in Dnipro, according to one account.

Kyiv has been hit repeatedly. A drone flew into the National Academy of Sciences around midday and set the three-storey building on fire. Staff were seen at windows trying to escape. One woman was confirmed dead, others were reported missing, and at least three people were injured. Less than two hours later, a medical school or medical centre in central Kyiv was hit and caught fire. Drones also struck apartment buildings, offices, petrol stations, a supermarket, warehouses, private houses and a data centre. Power was cut in parts of the city, and Ukraine's largest private energy company said it later restored supply to thousands of homes.

Russia's Defence Ministry said it hit a communications centre and energy facilities that support military production. Ukraine said it shot down five ballistic missiles and more than 150 drones in one attack. The strikes have included a new type of jet-propelled drone that Ukrainian forces are struggling to intercept. Moscow has been targeting petrol stations closer to the front line and has now hit them in Kyiv. Ukraine has also struck Russian oil refineries and a defence business. Russian officials in occupied Zaporizhzhia said a Ukrainian strike killed three volunteers delivering humanitarian aid.

President Zelensky has called for an energy ceasefire: Ukraine would stop hitting Russian refineries if Russia stopped hitting Ukrainian energy infrastructure. US President Donald Trump has pressed Zelensky to ease off refineries to calm global oil prices. Zelensky also said Trump had reassured him that the US would grant Ukraine a licence to build Patriot air defence systems, though Washington has not confirmed a final decision.

Officials and residents described a capital under almost constant alert. Kyiv's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said the city is now Russia's main target and that the attacks take no account of residential or historic buildings. A local actor said there was barely a break between attacks, with air raid alerts lasting up to 13 hours and sounding as many as seven times a day at minimum. The government has advised people who can leave the capital to do so before winter.

The attacks have also affected energy markets beyond Ukraine. In the UK, diesel prices hit an all-time high of £1.99 a litre, with the war in Iran and Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities cited as factors disrupting global supplies.