Russia unleashes drones, missiles on Ukraine in second massive airstrike in two days
Hundreds of Russian drones and more than a dozen missiles rained down on the Ukrainian capital early Thursday, killing two people in a second massive airstrike on Ukraine in two days as Kyiv seeks critical aid from its partners at a meeting in Rome.
Nineteen people were wounded, and damage was reported in nearly every district of Kyiv in the attack.
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the assault had involved around 400 drones and 18 missiles, primarily targeting the capital.
Hundreds of Russian drones and more than a dozen missiles rained down on the Ukrainian capital early on Thursday, according to reports. REUTERSExplosions and anti-aircraft machine gun fire rattled the city. Windows were blown out, facades ravaged, and cars burned to shells, including in the city center, where an apartment in an eight-storey building was engulfed in flames.
“This is terror because it happens every night when people are asleep,” said Karyna Volf, a 25-year-old Kyiv resident who rushed out of her apartment moments before shards of glass showered her home.
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Tam Nguyen / NYPost DesignUkrainian air defences stopped all but a few dozen of the drones, authorities said.
Escalating Russian strikes in recent weeks have strained Ukrainian air defences at a perilous moment in the war, now in its fourth year, and forced residents in Kyiv and elsewhere across the country to seek cover in bomb shelters overnight.
Two people were killed in the second massive air strike on Ukraine in two days as Kyiv seeks critical aid from its partners at a meeting in Rome, reports say. REUTERS
Smoke rises from an apartment building that was damaged during Russian drone and missile strikes, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 10. REUTERSThursday’s attack came a day after Russia launched a record 728 drones at Ukraine.
“Residential buildings, vehicles, warehouse facilities, offices, and non-residential buildings are on fire,” said Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, on the Telegram messaging app.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said it had hit “military-industrial” targets in Kyiv as well as military airfields.
Ukrainian air defences were able to stop a few dozen of the drones, authorities said. REUTERS
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy (above) said the assault had involved around 400 drones and 18 missiles, primarily targeting the capital. via REUTERSROME CONFERENCE
Zelenskiy and other top Ukrainian officials were in Rome on Thursday for a recovery conference to lobby Kyiv’s allies for more critical defensive weapons and investment in Ukraine’s war-hit economy.
Zelenskiy urged European allies to “much more actively” use Russian assets frozen during the war for Ukrainian reconstruction.
Zelenskiy and other top Ukrainian officials were in Rome on Thursday for a recovery conference to lobby Kyiv’s allies for more critical defensive weapons and investment in Ukraine’s economy. via REUTERSAfter U.S. President Donald Trump pledged earlier this week to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv, Washington resumed deliveries of artillery shells and mobile rocket artillery missiles to Ukraine, two U.S. officials told Reuters on Wednesday.
Ukraine is also seeking more Patriot air-defence systems that have proven critical to defending against fast-moving Russian ballistic missiles.
Zelenskiy, who said he had a “substantive” talk with U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg on Wednesday, will also meet American officials to discuss potential new U.S. sanctions on Russia, Ukraine’s foreign minister said.
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Ukraine is also seeking more Patriot air-defence systems that have proven critical to defending against fast-moving Russian ballistic missiles. REUTERSTrump has been growing increasingly frustrated with President Vladimir Putin, saying that the Russian leader was throwing a lot of “bullshit” at the U.S. efforts to end the war that Moscow launched against Ukraine in February 2022.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will meet with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on the sidelines of the ASEAN foreign ministers’ meeting in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday, the U.S. State Department and Russia’s foreign ministry said.
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