At least seven killed in rocket attack on Kyiv; Zelenskyy warned of new Russian assault

A Russian rocket attack on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, killed at least seven people overnight Monday, striking residential buildings and other structures. Serhij Popko, head of the city's military administration, stated that the enemy was using ballistic missiles as the air raid siren wailed across the city. Rescue workers were seen evacuating residents from damaged apartments, with some people trapped between the eighth and tenth floors of a partially collapsed building in the Podil district.

In the Podil district alone, four apartment blocks were hit. Among the casualties were two individuals recovered from a heavily damaged residential building. Another 15 people were evacuated from a block in Podil, including three women and six children rescued from the upper floors. Fires also broke out in a 30-story building in the Darnytskyi district, an area that had previously been targeted in a large-scale Russian assault last Thursday.

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The enemy is attacking with ballistic missiles.

Meanwhile, in the town of Bucha, Governor Mykola Klasnyk reported one person killed and ten injured. This attack follows President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's warning on Sunday that Russia was planning a new, powerful assault. Zelenskyy stated on X that it was "typical Putin" to attack after U.S. Independence Day and before the NATO summit in Ankara, adding that Russia would "bring more evil and kill people."

Simultaneously, the Russian-controlled city of Sevastopol in Crimea experienced a power outage overnight Monday. Mikhail Razvozjaev, the Moscow-appointed governor, attributed the outage to a Ukrainian attack on energy infrastructure. The NATO summit is scheduled to take place in the Turkish capital on Tuesday and Wednesday.

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It is typical Putin: Right after US Independence Day and before the NATO summit in Ankara. Russia will bring more evil and kill people.