Russia hits main government building in Kyiv
Newshour
BBC
4.2 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 7 September 2025
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Russia has fired more than 800 missiles and drones at Ukraine, hitting the main government building in Kyiv - the first time in the war that a Ukrainian government headquarters has been directly hit. We speak to a Ukrainian MP and get reaction from the US.
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(Photo: Smoke rising over the buildings housing Ukraine's cabinet in central Kyiv. Credit: STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE OF UKRAINE HANDOUT/EPA/Shutterstock)
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to NewsHour, live on the BBC World Service from London. I'm Gary O'Donoghue. |
| 0:08.9 | We begin tonight in Ukraine, where Russia has launched its largest aerial bombardment of the war, sending over more than 800 drones and missiles. |
| 0:21.3 | The attack has killed at least three people, |
| 0:24.1 | including a mother and her infant son. |
| 0:26.7 | It also hit a government compound for the first time, |
| 0:30.0 | with the cabinet of ministers' building, |
| 0:32.2 | seeing extensive damage to its roof and upper floors. |
| 0:35.3 | A BBC cameraman caught the moment when the bomb struck. |
| 0:47.1 | Smoke could be seen billowing across the night sky |
| 0:50.3 | with helicopters attempting to douse the flames. |
| 0:54.0 | This woman, Elena, was a neighbor of the mother |
| 0:56.5 | and son who were killed. When the blast started, they all came quickly, one after another, |
| 1:05.6 | and we only had time to run out into the corridor. We didn't go out earlier because we thought it would pass over |
| 1:12.0 | us, but not this time. Now we're just completely lost. We don't really know what to do next. |
| 1:18.7 | Another neighbor Valentina said the attacks were a sign that Vladimir Putin didn't want peace. |
| 1:28.1 | Film this. |
| 1:29.4 | Show it to the whole world so they see how Russia wants peace and how it fights with fascists. |
| 1:35.3 | Trump says Putin is a good lad, but if he was such a nice lad, then there wouldn't be war here. |
| 1:40.0 | He wants to destroy Ukraine completely. |
| 1:42.8 | More than 20 houses and a kindergarten were also damaged in Zaporizia. |
| 1:47.9 | President Zelensky said there were also fatalities in the Sumi and Chernihiv regions. |
| 1:53.7 | He described the attacks as a conscious crime and a prolongation of the war. |
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