July 02, 2026
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight killing at least eight people and injuring over three dozen, as drones and missiles struck residential buildings and started a fire in a hotel on a central boulevard.
President Volodymyr Zelensky had earlier warned of a possible overnight attack and said he was cutting short his visit to Dublin for the start of Ireland's six-month term in the rotating presidency of the EU.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the capital's military administration, said eight people had been killed, with about three dozen locations across the city damaged in the attacks. He did not elaborate.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, writing on Telegram, said separately 34 more were injured, adding that among the damages, the first to sixth floors of an apartment building collapsed after a direct hit.
