Russia Launches Massive Overnight Missile and Drone Attack Across Ukraine, Killing At Least Eight
A large-scale Russian aerial assault targeted multiple Ukrainian cities, resulting in casualties and damage, with authorities still assessing the full impact.
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Russia launched a massive combined missile and drone attack across Ukraine in the early hours of July 30, affecting cities including Kyiv, Lviv, Kryvyi Rih, and the Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava regions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned on July 29 that Russia was preparing a large-scale attack.
The assault killed at least eight people, including two children in the Kryvyi Rih area, and injured at least 38 others across various locations. In Kyiv, one person was killed and two injured, with fires sparked by falling debris in the Sviatoshynskyi and Obolonskyi districts.
Lviv reported 30 injuries and damage to residential buildings, a school, and kindergartens. Ukraine's Air Force claimed to have intercepted 320 out of 358 air assets, including 55 missiles and 265 Shahed-type drones. The Russian Defense Ministry stated it targeted military airfields, industrial facilities, and logistics centers involved in missile and UAV production.
Strikes & the grid
Kyiv
What: Russian ballistic missiles and drones targeted the capital, with falling debris causing fires at non-residential sites, a garage cooperative, and damaging residential buildings.
Toll: One person killed, two injured (Kyiv City Military Administration, National Police).
Dnipropetrovsk region (near Kryvyi Rih)
What: Mass Russian missile attack.
Toll: Six people killed, including a 6-year-old girl and boys aged 11 and 17; 10 injured (Governor Oleksandr Hanzha).
Lviv
What: Russian missile attack, damaging two residential buildings, a school, and two kindergartens.
Toll: 30 people injured, including children (Maksym Kozytskyi, Andrii Sadovyi).
Poltava region
What: Russian attack.
Toll: One person killed, fire at a Nova Poshta terminal.
Kyiv region (Brovary district)
What: Russian attack.
Toll: Five people wounded, including a minor and two women; a private home partially destroyed (acting regional administration head Ruslan Oliinyk).
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