Smoke rises from a burning pharmaceutical warehouse following Russian drone attacks on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian drone and missile attacks on Kyiv once came mostly at night. Now, a shift in tactics has brought attacks day and night, shattering the expectation that daylight means a return to normal life and leaving residents exhausted by constant disruption.
Locals watch as firefighters work after a Russian drone attack struck a residential building in Kyiv, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a destroyed warehouse after Russian drone attacks on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Schoolgirls work on a lesson in a bomb shelter during a Russian air attack on the first day at school at a cadet lyceum in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
