In the long and grinding contest between Moscow and Kyiv, Friday's drone strike on Ukraine's SBU intelligence headquarters — a building facing St Sophia Cathedral in the heart of the capital — marks a rare and deliberate intrusion into the symbolic center of Ukrainian sovereignty. At least nine people were injured when the blast tore through Volodymyrska Street in broad daylight, a detail that carries its own message: that nowhere, and no institution, is beyond reach. President Zelenskyy has vowed a tangible response, but the strike arrives at a moment when Ukraine's air defenses are strained
Russia strikes Ukraine's SBU intelligence HQ in rare Kyiv daylight attack
At least nine people were injured in the drone strike on the SBU headquarters in central Kyiv.