First responders work on the web site of Russian drone, missile assault in Kyiv within the early hours of July 31. (Interior Ministry / Telegram)
A devastating in a single day assault on Kyiv by Russian drones and missiles has killed at the least six folks, together with a six-year-old boy, and injured 52 others, native officers reported early July 31. Several victims stay trapped beneath rubble after residential buildings and public infrastructure had been hit throughout the Ukrainian capital.
#Russia attacked #Kyiv at night time: 6 folks had been killed, 48 had been injured
This was reported by the OVA and the mayor of Kyiv Vitali Klitschko. #UkraineRussiaWar
In one of many metropolis’s districts, the doorway to a residential constructing was fully destroyed. In different areas,… pic.twitter.com/Wo7ID1pdUz
— News.Az (@news_az) July 31, 2025
The assaults focused over 27 areas in Kyiv, primarily within the Solomianskyi district, the place an academic establishment and residential buildings had been severely broken. The Sviatoshynskyi district additionally noticed heavy injury, together with a residential constructing partially destroyed, trapping victims beneath particles.
Kyiv’s Holosiivskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts reported extra injury. Windows had been shattered at a youngsters’s hospital in Shevchenkivskyi, though no accidents had been reported there.
The assault adopted shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump’s warning of recent tariffs in opposition to Russia inside 10 days if the Kremlin didn’t halt its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Trump’s ultimatum goals to stress Moscow by imposing tariffs and secondary sanctions on nations persevering with to purchase Russian oil and gasoline.
Meaghan Mobbs, daughter of U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg, commented on social media:
“Kyiv is beneath huge drone assault. Make no mistake, that is Putin’s response to President Trump’s deadline. He is testing American resolve and power.”
The metropolis skilled renewed missile threats early morning after the air raid siren ended at 3:20 a.m., with explosions resuming round 4:30 a.m.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared video footage of the aftermath, urging for continued assist and highlighting the resilience of Kyiv’s residents amid ongoing assaults.
