Russia hits Ukrainian capital Kyiv in missile, drone attack, killing 6 people and wounding 52
Rescue teams were at the scene searching for people trapped under the rubble. Yana Zhabborova, 35, a resident of the damaged building, woke up to the sound of thundering explosions, which blew off the doors and windows of her home.'It is just stress and shock that there is nothing left,' said Zhabborova, a mother of a five-month-old infant and a five-year-old child. Russia fired 309 Shahed and decoy drones, and eight Iskander-K cruise missiles overnight, the Ukrainian air force said. Ukrainian air defences intercepted and jammed 288 strike drones and three missiles. Five missiles and 21 drones struck targets.
Meanwhile, Russia's Ministry of Defence said Thursday that it had shot down 32 Ukrainian drones overnight.
A drone attacked had sparked a blaze at an industrial site in Russia's Penza region, local Gov Oleg Melnichenko said. He didn't immediately give further details other than to say that there were no casualties.
In the Volgograd region, some trains were also halted after drone wreckage fell on local railway infrastructure, state rail operator Russian Railways said.
Russia's Defence Ministry also said that its forces took full control of the strategically important city of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region. Ukrainian officials, who typically don't confirm retreats, didn't immediately comment. Russian and Ukrainian troops have battled for control of Chasiv Yar for nearly 18 months. It includes a hilltop from which troops can attack other key points in the region that form the backbone of Ukraine's eastern defences.
A report on Thursday from Ukraine's Army General Staff said there were seven clashes in Chasiv Yar in the past 24 hours. An attached map showed most of the town as being under Russian control. DeepState, an open-source Ukrainian map widely used by the military and analysts, showed early Thursday that neighbourhoods to the south and west of Chasiv Yar remained as so-called gray zones, or uncontrolled by either side.
The attack targeted the Kyiv, Dnipro, Poltava, Sumy, Mykolaiv regions, with Ukraine's capital being the primary target, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram.
'Today, the world once again saw Russia's answer to our desire for peace with America and Europe,' Zelenskyy said. 'New demonstrative killings. That is why peace without strength is impossible.' He called on Ukraine's allies to follow through on defence commitments and pressure Moscow toward real negotiations. Plumes of smoke emanating from a partially damaged building and debris strewn on the ground. The force of the blast wave was powerful enough to leave clothes hanging limply from trees.
At least 27 locations across Kyiv were hit by the attack, Tkachenko said, with the heaviest damage seen in the Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts. US President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he's giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a shorter deadline — August 8 — for peace efforts to make progress, or Washington will impose punitive sanctions and tariffs. Western leaders have accused Putin of dragging his feet in US-led peace efforts in an attempt to capture more Ukrainian land.
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