Russian drone strike kills civilian woman in Kyiv, not her soldier husband

A Russian drone strike killed a 29-year-old civilian woman, Masha Yivzhenko, in Kyiv on September 25, despite her husband being the soldier fighting on the front line. Her death highlights the toll on non-combatants. Masha's husband, Danylo Yivzhenko, a combat medic, said killing a soldier is "normal" but that his wife was a civilian doing her job. Since August 27, Russia has launched near-daily aerial assaults on Kyiv, with at least 98 people killed and 435 injured in the region through October 4. Russia's new jet-powered drones, which are cheaper and faster, have overwhelmed Ukraine's air defenses, causing constant disruptions to daily life. Schools and businesses frequently halt operations for air raid alerts, and bridges have been targeted, while Ukraine faces critical shortages of interceptors to defend the capital.