Russian strikes in Ukraine on Sunday, September 27, caused at least five deaths, according to officials in Kiev, who warned that Russian forces were attacking the capital "without pause." This came a day after Moscow reaffirmed its commitment to continue the war "whatever the circumstances." In Kiev, one of the victims was killed, and authorities reported that Russian attacks on the capital and its suburbs had damaged more than sixteen sites, including both residential and industrial locations. This escalation occurs as the city braces for another winter of war, marking the fifth year of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The attacks intensified as peace talks led by the United States to end the conflict, which began with Russia's invasion in 2022, have so far failed to resolve the situation. The United Nations has warned of a rising number of civilian casualties. President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that three people had been killed in nighttime strikes in the southern region of Zaporijia, and a Russian drone strike had killed a man in Kiev. The mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, added that a woman and two 16-year-old teenagers had been injured and hospitalized in the capital. The Kiev administration said that "the enemy continues to conduct incessant attacks against the Kiev region with suicide drones," and that sixteen sites had been damaged, including twelve single-family homes in the outskirts of Kiev, as well as a warehouse and a production facility. In the Odessa region, authorities reported a "massive strike" in the southern part of the Black Sea region, which caused an additional victim. The head of the region, Oleg Kiper, stated that Russian strikes had damaged a residential building, a medical facility, a hotel, a store, and a warehouse used for storing grain. These attacks occurred the day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated before the UN that Moscow intends to continue its military campaign "until the end." In Moscow, the Defense Ministry announced on Sunday that Russian forces had taken a border village in the Kharkiv region, east of Ukraine. While Russia does not claim the Kharkiv region as part of its territory—unlike the Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporijia, and Kherson regions—it has attacked this area throughout the war and captured land there. The Kremlin stated that its forces had taken the small village of Khrypuny. The Kremlin has repeatedly expressed its intent to take the rest of eastern Ukraine.