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At least 13 people were killed and 90 injured in a massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv that began late in the evening of July 1, city authorities reported.
According to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, at least five emergency services personnel were among the injured, including drivers and medics from the ambulance station that was hit in the Shevchenkivskyi district.
Numerous damages were reported across various districts of the capital. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, fires broke out on the roof of a hotel and at a market. In the Holosiivskyi district, the roof of a multi-story residential building caught fire. In the Desnyanskyi district, a nine-story residential building was damaged, trapping some residents, and drone debris was also recorded falling near a private home.
In the Darnitsky district, a five-story building partially collapsed, fires broke out in several private homes, and residents of one apartment were trapped.
Kyiv City Military Administration Head Timur Tkachenko reported that damage was found in more than 30 locations across the capital's districts. Fires also broke out in the Solomiansky and Svyatoshinsky districts, while strikes affected the Obolonsky and Podilsky districts. He added that drones approached Kyiv from several directions simultaneously.
Due to the large number of victims and injured, July 3 was declared a day of mourning in Kyiv.
The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that Russian forces struck Kyiv with long-range precision weapons. The ministry claims the targets were military industrial facilities and fuel and energy complexes in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as military airfield infrastructure in the Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, and Kyiv regions. Russia claims the strikes were a response to "terrorist attacks" on civilian infrastructure.
The day before, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, citing intelligence data, warned of the possibility of a massive strike on the country's territory. He stated that the greatest threat was expected for Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as Dnipro and the Dnipropetrovsk region.
According to Ukrainian media reports, amid warnings of a possible attack, the number of Kyiv residents who decided to spend the night in metro stations, using them as shelters, has increased significantly.
