Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy blamed delays in allied air defence deliveries, saying, "If our partners had delivered on their promises in a timely manner, we could have saved more homes and lives today."
Rescuers work at the site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine Jul 2, 2026. (Photo: REUTERS/Viacheslav Ratynskyi)
03 Jul 2026 01:46AM
(Updated: 03 Jul 2026 05:00AM)
KYIV: Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at Ukraine's capital Kyiv in the early hours of Thursday (Jul 2), killing at least 25 people, wounding scores more and damaging around 130 buildings in the deadliest attack on the capital this year.Multiple explosions shook central Kyiv and reverberated across the capital throughout the night as thousands of residents rushed to bomb shelters and underground metro stations. Huge columns of smoke filled the skyline.Tymur Tkachenko, head of the capital's military administration, said on Telegram that the death toll stood at 25 and was likely to rise as rescue teams worked through the night, sifting through rubble in search of trapped residents.He said teams at one site in an eastern suburb on the capital's left bank of the Dnipro River had recovered five bodies while eight residents were unaccounted for.
