Russian Drone Strikes Wound 7 Across Three Ukrainian Regions

Russian drone strikes injured at least seven civilians across the Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, and Kharkiv regions on Saturday, Sept. 5, damaging a passenger train, vehicles, and residential properties. In Zaporizhzhia, a Russian FPV drone struck and damaged a cargo truck, injuring a 37-year-old woman, according to Ivan Fedorov, co-chair of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Defense Council.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. In a separate attack in the city, Russian forces damaged a private home, injuring a man who was subsequently hospitalized. In the Kherson region, Russian forces launched “Shahed” attack drones at a passenger train in Chornobaivka, regional police reported. The strike damaged locomotives and injured two people, prompting emergency responders to evacuate 21 passengers alongside the train crew. In the Kharkiv region, morning FPV drone strikes wounded three people in Slatyne and near Bezruky, according to Vyacheslav Zadorenko, head of the Derhachi City Military Administration. Around 5:40 a.m. local time, an FPV drone targeted a civilian car on the Derhachi-Kozacha Lopan road near Bezruky, injuring a 53-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman. Both sustained concussions, with the woman hospitalized in severe condition with extensive shrapnel wounds. Around the same time, another FPV drone struck a private yard in Slatyne, leaving a 65-year-old resident with shrapnel wounds to his back. Demonstrative airport strikes and overnight casualties The regional drone attacks follow statements from President Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Russian forces of deliberately targeting airports in Kyiv and Boryspil overnight in a “demonstrative” reaction to the arrival of US diplomatic envoys. Other Topics of Interest Budanov Says Putin Ignored Ukraine’s Ceasefire Proposal Head of Ukraine’s Office of the President, Kyrylo Budanov, stated that Russia failed to respond to a ceasefire proposal intended to coincide with the visit of US envoys to Moscow and Kyiv. Zelensky stated the airfield attacks were aimed at disrupting logistical preparations for the American delegation’s potential arrival by plane, noting that Ukraine would adjust its operations regarding Russian airspace next week in response. The daytime drone strikes also follow widespread Russian attacks overnight and early Saturday. In Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region, a Russian ballistic missile hit an industrial enterprise, killing five people and injuring five others. Concurrently, Russian jet-powered “Shahed” drones struck an Epicenter shopping center in Mykolaiv, injuring a 72-year-old man and a 17-year-old girl in consecutive strikes. Earlier Saturday morning, drone attacks across the Kherson region wounded six civilians in the Korabelnyi district and the village of Molodizhne, while a Friday attack damaged a nine-story apartment building in Boryspil, Kyiv region. Tymur Dubovyk - journalist, newsfeed editor