Breaking: Large-scale Russian attack on Kyiv damages residential buildings, injures at least 6
Key Points:
- Russia launched multiple missile and drone attacks on Kyiv and its surrounding areas overnight on July 6, damaging residential buildings and injuring at least six people.
- A residential building in Kyiv's Podilskyi district was partially destroyed, with debris damaging other buildings and infrastructure in several districts, including Holosiivskyi and Darnytskyi.
- Explosions occurred in waves around 1:40 a.m., 2:10 a.m., and 3:15 a.m., prompting air raid alerts across nearly all Ukrainian regions and causing power outages in some suburbs.
- Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko and regional officials reported injuries and residents trapped in damaged buildings, while Poland scrambled fighter jets to protect its airspace in response to the attacks.
- President Zelensky warned of an impending large-scale Russian strike targeting Ukraine, urging civilians to follow air raid alerts and calling on allies for increased air defense support ahead of the NATO Summit.