At least 11 people were killed and 46 injured in Kyiv after Russia launched a large-scale overnight missile and drone attack on the Ukrainian capital, Ukrainian authorities say.
The strike, carried out overnight from July 5 to 6, was the second major attack on Kyiv in five days.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said 24 people were initially reported injured, including two children, with 14 requiring hospitalization. Updated figures released later by Ukraine’s Prosecutor General’s Office put the death toll at 10 and the number of injured at 46. Klitschko later announced that one of the wounded had died in hospital, raising the death toll in the capital to 11.
Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said nearly 30 residential buildings were partially destroyed or damaged. Apartment buildings in Kyiv’s Podil and Darnytskyi districts sustained significant damage, while warehouses caught fire in the Obolon district.
The attack also struck the surrounding Kyiv region, where at least three people were killed and 26 injured, regional military administration head Mykola Kalashnyk announced. All three fatalities were reported in the city of Vyshneve, where authorities evacuated 497 residents due to the risk of secondary explosions. Private homes and industrial facilities were damaged in Bucha, Vyshhorod and Brovary districts.
Ukrainian Air Force says Russia launched 68 missiles and 351 drones during the assault, with Kyiv as the primary target. The attack included six Zircon anti-ship missiles, 23 Iskander ballistic missiles and 39 cruise missiles.
Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 37 cruise missiles and 326 drones, while 29 missiles and 18 drones struck targets at 34 locations. Ukrainian officials said none of the ballistic missiles were intercepted, citing a shortage of air defense capabilities, and again called on Western partners to accelerate deliveries of additional missiles for MIM-104 Patriot air defense systems.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said the strikes targeted military-industrial enterprises, energy facilities and military airfield infrastructure, describing them as retaliation for what it called Ukrainian attacks on civilian infrastructure inside Russia. The ministry later published a list of seven facilities it said had been targeted, including the Vizar plant in the Kyiv region.
On Saturday evening, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said intelligence indicated Russia was preparing another large-scale strike and again urged Ukraine’s partners not to delay the delivery of additional Patriot missiles and other air defense systems.
The attack follows another large-scale Russian strike on Kyiv on July 2, which killed 31 people and injured 102 after rescue operations were completed, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said.
