Russia strikes Kyiv with ballistic missiles, killing 11 and wounding dozens

Update. According to the latest figures, 11 people were killed in Kyiv as a result of the Russian strike, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

Russian forces hit Kyiv with ballistic missiles in the early hours of July 6, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, said.

The attack killed ten people and wounded 46 others, including five children. Residential buildings in several districts were damaged, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said.

In the Darnytskyi district, debris struck a 25-story building at the fourth-floor level, trapping residents on upper floors while rescuers worked to evacuate them. A fire also broke out on the upper floors of a 30-story residential building in the same district, prompting evacuations.

In the Podilskyi district, debris partially destroyed a 21-story building between the third and fourth floors.

In the Obolonskyi district, debris landed on a non-residential area and set a warehouse and one other building on fire. In the Holosiivskyi district, where debris also fell according to Tkachenko, a five-story building caught fire.

In Kyiv Region, one person was killed and 15 others were wounded in the Bucha district as a result of the strike, local authorities said.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces had carried out a massive strike against the defense industry and energy infrastructure “in response to terrorist attacks by the ‘Kyiv regime’ against civilian infrastructure on Russian territory.”

Russia launched another strike on Kyiv just four days after its massive drone and missile attack on the city. The overnight assault on July 2 killed 31 people and injured more than 100, while damaging more than 20 residential buildings.