Kyiv, Ukraine —
Russian strikes on Ukraine’s capital and nearby areas have killed 17 people and wounded dozens of others overnight, officials said, as both sides step up attacks on facilities that underpin daily life.
The deadly assault underlines the worsening danger for urban civilians far from the front lines, as Ukraine grapples with perilously low stocks of missile interceptors. Its air force said Russia had launched 24 ballistic missiles and four anti-ship missiles overnight, but did not mention intercepting any of them.
In July, Russian attacks killed at least 377 civilians and wounded 2,129 others in Ukraine, making it the deadliest month of the invasion there since April 2022, as the more than four-year-long war grinds on.
Recent Ukrainian strikes on Wildberries – Russia’s equivalent of e-commerce giant Amazon – have brought Moscow’s war on Ukraine even closer to home by disrupting the lives and livelihoods of ordinary Russians.
