Emergency providers personnel work to extinguish a hearth following Russian missile assaults in Kyiv, Ukraine, Monday, July 6, 2026.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russia launched waves of missiles and drones concentrating on Kyiv early Monday that killed no less than 10 folks, authorities stated, hours after Ukraine’s president warned that one other large-scale assault was imminent.
One other 46 have been injured, in accordance with native officers, as emergency staff combed via rubble in search of survivors at residential high-rise buildings in two areas that suffered direct hits.
“These are residential buildings. Places where people slept and lived their ordinary lives,” stated Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s Metropolis Navy Administration in a put up on Telegram.
A residential constructing within the Podilskyi district partially collapsed, he stated. Within the Darnytsia district, a number of multistory buildings have been broken and other people have been believed to be trapped below the rubble.
The assault concerned waves of ballistic and cruise missiles in addition to drones. Explosions echoed throughout the town as civilians sought shelter in metro stations.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned hours earlier of one other large-scale Russian assault on the town. Monday’s assault comes days after a mixed Russian assault killed no less than 31 folks in Kyiv final week.
Zelenskyy renewed requires Western companions to bolster Ukraine’s air defenses, significantly by supplying extra Patriot missiles, saying that failing to replenish them solely emboldens Russia to delay its four-year battle, in a put up on Telegram late Sunday.
