President Volodymyr Zelensky said Friday that he had approved proposals from Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) and the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) to respond to Russia’s continuing strikes on Ukrainian cities, warning that Kyiv would choose its own time to retaliate. “I approved the proposals from the Security Service of Ukraine and the Armed Forces of Ukraine for responses to the strikes the Russians are carrying out against our cities,” Zelensky said in his evening address on Sept. 4.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official. “Our warriors will find a way to respond to Russia for all of this, and we will choose the right time to respond,” he added. Zelensky cited Russian strikes throughout the day on Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as Kharkiv, Sumy, Kherson, Odesa and cities in the Dnipro and Donetsk regions. He said 12 people had been injured in Kyiv at the time the address was recorded. The toll later rose to 15, according to the Kyiv City Military Administration. One of Friday’s most significant attacks targeted the headquarters of the SBU in central Kyiv. A Russian drone struck the office of Oleksandr Poklad, the acting head of the SBU, in a building on Volodymyrska Street opposite St. Sophia Cathedral. Poklad was not in the office at the time. Zelensky earlier said the drone had been aimed directly at Poklad’s office and instructed the security chief to prepare an “appropriate, tangible response” to the attack, adding that Ukraine’s military would support it.