Ukrainian researchers

Russian jet-powered drones struck the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv, setting the building on fire in a rare daytime attack. The strike on a major scientific institution is the latest in a series of intensified Russian drone and missile assaults on the Ukrainian capital, drawing attention to the escalating pace of attacks on civilian and research infrastructure.

Russia struck Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences, according to video footage reported by the New York Times. The attack on one of Ukraine's leading scientific institutions adds to a pattern of strikes hitting civilian and cultural infrastructure in Ukrainian cities. Details about casualties or the extent of damage to the academy's buildings and research facilities were not immediately available.