Russian attacks on Ukraine’s capital kill 9, wound dozens

Russian missile strikes on Kyiv on Saturday, August 1, 2026, resulted in the deaths of at least nine civilians and injured 28 others, including four children. The attacks caused significant damage to residential buildings and sparked fires across the Ukrainian capital.

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Explosions in the city. Kyiv is under ballistic missile attack. Stay in shelters!

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko had issued an earlier warning of a ballistic missile attack, urging residents to seek shelter. AFP journalists in the city reported hearing over ten consecutive explosions, which triggered car alarms. The Ukrainian state emergency service confirmed that the strikes impacted five regions of Kyiv.

In the Darnytsky district, seven people were killed and 14 wounded, with multiple buildings and vehicles damaged. The Solomiansky district saw two fatalities and eight injuries, including damage to a five-story residential building. "Everything was smashed, the windows, everything," said Kateryna Kravchenko, a 75-year-old resident whose apartment was affected. Another resident, Oksana, 46, expressed her intent to leave the city, questioning the guarantee of safety after such an event.

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Everything was smashed, the windows, everything. I can barely stand. I don’t know how I’m going to get through all this.

Rescuers worked through the night, with the state emergency service reporting that 105 people were evacuated from affected areas. Russia's defense ministry claimed its forces conducted a "massive strike" targeting "military-industrial complex enterprises and logistics centers" in the Kyiv region. This escalation follows a trend of intensified attacks by both sides in recent months, with June being the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since April 2022, according to the United Nations.

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You can’t stay here after something like this. What guarantee is there that it won’t happen again?