Russian barrage on Kyiv kills at least 15 before NATO summit
Russia hit Kyiv with a large overnight missile-and-drone barrage, killing at least 15 people and exposing Ukraine’s shortage of Patriot interceptors before a NATO summit in Turkey.
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A capital hit before dawn
Russia launched a combined missile-and-drone assault on Kyiv overnight on July 6, killing at least 15 people in the capital and surrounding region and wounding dozens more, Ukrainian officials saidkyivindependent +1. Residential buildings were hit in several districts, including Podilskyi, Obolonskyi, Holosiivskyi and Darnytskyi, while emergency crews searched damaged high-rises for survivorskyivindependent +1. Kyiv’s mayor declared July 7 a day of mourning after what city officials described as one of the largest recent attacks on the capitalkyivpost.
The strike came four days after another deadly attack on Kyiv and on the eve of a NATO summit in Turkey, where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is expected to press allies for more air-defense supportkyivindependent +1. Russia’s Defense Ministry said it targeted military-industrial and energy facilities, a claim that could not be independently verifiednpr +1.
Ballistic missiles expose the air-defense gap
Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia fired 68 missiles and 351 drones in the attack, including 23 Iskander-M or S-400 ballistic missiles, six Zircon missiles, 33 Kh-101 cruise missiles and six Kalibr cruise missilesenglish +1. Ukrainian forces reported downing or suppressing 37 missiles and 326 drones, but said 29 ballistic missiles and 18 drones struck 34 locationskyivindependent +1.
Zelenskyy said Ukraine’s defenders performed well against drones and cruise missiles but lacked enough Patriot interceptors to stop the ballistic weaponskyivindependent +1. Air Force spokesperson Yurii Ihnat said Russia was exploiting “a serious deficit” of interceptor missiles in Ukraine and globally, making ballistic salvos especially difficult to bluntnpr +1.
The appeal shifts to allied stockpiles
The civilian toll sharpened Kyiv’s message before the summit: move Patriot missiles from allied warehouses to Ukrainian launchers. Zelenskyy said U.S. and European partners had enough strength to stop the attacks and warned that unused interceptors only encourage Russia to keep striking residential buildingsabcnews +1.
The attack also disrupted communities beyond the city limits. Officials reported deaths and injuries in Kyiv Oblast, evacuations in Vyshneve because of the risk of secondary detonations, and damage to homes, businesses and civilian infrastructure in Bucha, Vyshhorod and Brovary districtskyivindependent +1. Despite the assault, Kyiv’s power grid remained stable, though some nearby communities were left without electricity after energy company facilities and repair vehicles were damagedkyivindependent.
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