LONDON — A big Russian drone and missile strike on Kyiv killed at the least 14 folks and injured dozens within the Ukrainian capital and surrounding area in a single day, native officers stated, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy once more interesting to international companions to ramp up the supply of key anti-missile ammunition.
The Ukrainian air drive stated in posts to Telegram that Russia launched 68 missiles — amongst them 23 ballistic missiles — and 351 drones into the nation in a single day.
The air drive stated that 37 missiles and 326 drones had been shot down or in any other case suppressed, with impacts of 29 missiles and 18 drones reported throughout 34 areas.
The capital bore the brunt of Russia’s newest in a single day strike, officers stated. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko stated in posts to Telegram that at the least 11 folks had been killed and 46 folks had been injured, of which at the least 26 had been hospitalized.
An extra three folks had been killed and 26 folks injured throughout the broader Kyiv area, based on regional governor Mykola Kalashnyk.
Folks stroll by way of the rubble following a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on July 6, 2026.
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Klitschko reported injury within the Obolonskyi, Holosiivskyi, Podilskyi and Darnytskyi districts of the capital. In Podilskyi and Darnytskyi, the mayor stated that rescue groups had been looking for extra victims below the rubble of destroyed residential buildings.
Zelenskyy stated in posts to social media that Ukrainian forces defending in opposition to the “huge Russian assault” intercepted many drones and cruise missiles, however fewer of the extra superior ballistic weapons.
“The rationale for that is exactly the inadequate provide of interceptor missiles. It is extremely vital that the world, particularly America and our European companions, come out of the NATO summit in Ankara with sturdy selections to assist our protection of the sky, and therefore, the safety of unusual folks’s lives,” Zelenskyy wrote.
An explosion is seen in Kyiv, Ukraine, throughout a Russian missile and drone strike, on July 6, 2026.
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“So long as the missiles for the Patriots stay within the warehouses of allies, this solely encourages Russia to proceed destroying residential buildings,” the Ukrainian president added, referring to the American-made Patriot surface-to-air missile system which Kyiv usually makes use of to intercept Russian missiles.
“The U.S. and Europe have sufficient energy to cease this terror,” he added.
Russia’s Protection Ministry, in the meantime, described the in a single day assault in a submit to Telegram as “an enormous strike with high-precision long-range weapons of land, air and sea-based techniques, in addition to with strike drones.”
The ministry claimed to have focused military-industrial and power services in Kyiv, plus navy airfield infrastructure.
Native residents stroll previous burning garages exterior a residential constructing following a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv on July 6, 2026.
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The Protection Ministry additionally reported that its forces intercepted at the least 519 Ukrainian drones in a single day.
Moscow was among the many targets of the most recent wave of Ukrainian long-range assaults, the town’s Mayor Sergey Sobyanin stated in posts to Telegram. The mayor stated that at the least 15 Ukrainian drones had been shot down en path to the capital since midnight on Sunday.
ABC Information’ Natalia Popova, Natalia Kushnir and Tanya Stukalova contributed to this report.
