Conflict · Russia strikes Kyiv · Archive4 Killed Including Child as Russia Hits Kyiv, Ukraine Hits RefineryAired August 9, 2026 at 10:38 AM UTCWritten September 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM UTCRead the write-upThis storyTranscript · LOADING0:00At least four people, including a child,0:01were killed early Saturday when [music]0:03Russian attacks struck Kyiv and the0:04surrounding region. That toll marks the0:06most consequential verified [music]0:08change in a night of reciprocal strikes0:10between the two sides.0:12More than [music] 70 emergency0:13responders were deployed to one strike0:15scene alone, a measure of how0:16concentrated the impact was [music] at a0:18single location. That same night, Kyiv0:20hit an oil refinery in southern Russia0:23with plumes of smoke shown rising from0:24the facility. While Kyiv has been firing0:27a record number of drones at Russia in0:28retaliation, [music]0:29the refinery strike comes as long-range0:32attacks has escalated to near daily0:33exchanges hitting cities and energy0:35infrastructure on both sides.0:43This account draws [music] on a single0:45verified video report of the early0:47Saturday attacks without broader0:48independent confirmation so far. [music]0:50The immediate human stakes are clear in0:52the child's death among four killed and0:54in crews of more than 70 needed [music]0:56at one site, while energy infrastructure0:58is now being hit in return. Whether the1:00record pace of drone fire and strikes1:02[music] on refineries locks both sides1:04into sustained reciprocal attacks on1:05cities and fuel sites with no1:07de-escalation in sight remains the most1:09consequential unresolved development.Explore with HeyDexThe shortThe short ↗