Russian Strikes Kill Nine In Kyiv

August 1, 2026

EDITORS NOTE: Graphic content / Police officers carry the body of a person killed following a Russian ballistic missile strike in the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on August 1, 2026, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. Russian attacks on Ukraine's capital killed at least nine people and wounded more than two dozen others, local officials said on August 1, 2026 , with strikes damaging homes and causing fires across the city. As Moscow has increased its long-range strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities, Kiev has pressed its allies for air defence support. The United Nations found June 2026 was the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since April 2022. (Photo by Genya SAVILOV / AFP)

At least nine people have been killed and 28 others injured after Russian strikes hit Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, damaging residential buildings and triggering fires across several parts of the city.

Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said the overnight attack affected five districts in Kyiv, with four children among those wounded. Emergency crews rescued more than 100 people from impacted areas as firefighters battled blazes and searched through damaged structures.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko warned residents to seek shelter as the attack unfolded, writing on Telegram: “Explosions in the city. Kyiv is under ballistic missile attack. Stay in shelters!”

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Russia’s Defence Ministry confirmed it had carried out what it described as a “massive strike” in the Kyiv region, saying it targeted “military-industrial complex enterprises and logistics centres.”

In the Darnytsky district, local authorities reported seven deaths and 14 injuries, while two people were killed and eight others wounded in the Solomiansky district, where a five-storey residential building was damaged.

The latest strikes come as Russia and Ukraine continue intensifying attacks against each other after months of escalating long-range strikes. The United Nations has reported that June was the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since April 2022.

This handout photograph taken and released by the Ukrainian State Emergency Service shows a fire in a residential building following Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by Handout / Ukrainian State Emergency Service / AFP)

Ukraine has repeatedly appealed to its international partners for additional air defence systems, with Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha saying the latest attack showed the urgent need for more protection.

“It is the battle for the skies that will define the trajectory of this war,” Sybiha said. “The stronger the air shield over Ukraine, the closer peace becomes.”

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Ukraine has also increased attacks inside Russia in recent months, while Moscow said its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 274 Ukrainian drones overnight.

The exchange of strikes comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky held talks with US President Donald Trump, with Zelensky saying Washington had agreed to support Ukrainian production of Patriot missiles. Trump later said the United States would need to be “very careful” about granting such a licence.

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