Zelenskyy announced the number of casualties from the strike on the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences

In an evening address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that an assistant to former National Security and Defense Council Secretary Volodymyr Horbulin was killed when a Russian “Shahed” jet-powered UAV struck the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine in Kyiv. A search is underway for the person whose office was directly hit by the Shahed.

Gorbulin himself sustained injuries and is currently at home. The attack effectively destroyed several floors of the institution’s main office building, and rescuers are still searching for one person under the rubble.

In addition, the head of state noted that a hospital building in the capital was damaged as a result of another strike by a jet-powered drone. Zelenskyy emphasized that this latest Russian strike demonstrates the senselessness of the war and of the entire aggressor state, and that a response is certain to follow.

Source: Address by President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

On September 28, following a Russian strike, a building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine caught fire in central Kyiv. Rescue workers are on the scene, extinguishing the fire and searching the building—there may still be people inside.

During the strike on the building of the Presidium of the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv on September 28, there were fatalities among scientists and employees of the institution, and a number of people remain unaccounted for.

Former Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council, Academician Volodymyr Horbulin, sustained minor injuries during the Russian strike on the building of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. His assistant was killed in the attack.