You’ve by no means seen Kiev like this.
Whereas the Ukraine warfare is the bloodiest warfare fought in Europe since WW2, the capital Kiev has nonetheless lived a relatively regular life.
The calls from essentially the most excessive Russian segments to ‘flip Kiev right into a parking zone’, ‘raze it to the bottom’ and so on. have been solemnly ignored by Vladimir Putin and his army commanders.
With final night time’s large Russian airstrikes on the Ukrainian capital, the ‘high quality of life’ there might have began to take a change for the more severe – however there’s a catch.
CBS known as final night time’s assault ‘lethal, large’, whereas The Telegraph and the New York Occasions known as the ‘largest’, and CNN the ‘largest’ missile assault of the 5-year warfare.
It’s estimated that between 40 and 50 ballistic missiles had been launched on the metropolis – and to this point, the estimates within the western papers say ‘one individual is useless’.
This seems to vindicate the Russian claims of solely placing army targets (empty at night time).
1 strike each minute.
Russia carried out the biggest ballistic missile assault on Kyiv for the reason that begin of the battle, launching round 40 Iskander-M, Zircon, and S-400 missiles over the course of 40 minutes, in response to Ukrainian media. pic.twitter.com/JDHu3WtwcG
— Navy Abstract (@MilitarySummary) July 19, 2026
KABOOOOOM !!!!
Tears in KIEV …. all turned to ASH !
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A missile strike has destroyed one of many largest logistics facilities close to Kiev – the Amtel complicated, with an space of over 100,000 m² – footage from the State Emergency Service.
▪️ Earlier at the moment, the Ministry of… https://t.co/WB2q5OrAPP pic.twitter.com/IxYZMpU6xs
— (@SMO_VZ) July 19, 2026
Russian strike demolishes main protection manufacturing unit in Kiev
Russian forces have destroyed the UKRTAC plant, a facility producing physique armor, helmets, and different protecting tools for Ukrainian troops, in response to the Russian Ministry of Protection.
The corporate’s house owners confirmed… pic.twitter.com/DWp9sdIR6F
— Sputnik (@SputnikInt) July 19, 2026
RT reported:
“The Russian Protection Ministry has detailed the targets of its newest large-scale in a single day assault, saying that it hit military-industrial enterprises, logistics hubs, and gasoline infrastructure utilized by Kiev’s forces.
[…] The ministry stated Russian forces used high-precision air- and ground-launched weapons, in addition to assault drones, in opposition to targets in Kiev and Kiev Area.”
The targets within the Ukrainian capital included Radionics, which produces steering programs for missiles; Spetsoboronmash, a producer of missile steering parts; Meridian, a producer of airframes and steering system components for missiles; Oakline, parts for drones.
The Kiev Innovation Terminal, operated by Nova Poshta and the Tarasovka logistics middle, was additionally focused.
Noch eine Aufnahme aus Kiew nach dem massiven russischen Angriff – das sieht schon eher nach kriegsgeprägter Stadt aus, als die anderen üblichen Aufnahmen entspannten Alltagslebens pic.twitter.com/M3hArG8LQD
— Alina Lipp (@Alina_Lipp_X) July 19, 2026
Didn’t I say that Russia will flip Kiev right into a parking zone? Even the subway isn’t protected anymore. What you see within the first video is an underground passage that was fully obliterated by a ballistic missile strike. Within the second video, in response to Ukrainian stories, components of… https://t.co/ttSVRcXoI1 pic.twitter.com/YIwg03TBV4
— Gabriel (@GabeZZOZZ) July 19, 2026
The assault additionally focused different areas, notably Odessa.
⚔️Ukrainian monitoring sources report {that a} strike was carried out on two vessels, certainly one of which is at present sinking close to Odessa
ukraine_watch pic.twitter.com/yzuDMl9a7X
— dana (@dana916) July 19, 2026
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