The Russian military has attacked Kyiv for the third time this week, resulting in injuries to 10 individuals, including an 11-year-old boy, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine. The mayor of Kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, confirmed the child’s injury.
- In the Solomyansky district, a three-story office and warehouse building caught fire due to a missile strike. The fire has since been extinguished. Another explosion damaged a railway locomotive in a nearby area.
- The Darnytsky district experienced a blaze in a traffic control electrical cabinet following a hit on the roadway. This fire was also put out, but windows were shattered in nearby residential buildings.
- In the Dniprovsky district, a storage facility ignited due to a missile impact.
Context
- On the night of July 6, Russian forces launched 68 missiles and 351 drones at Ukraine, with 37 missiles and 326 drones intercepted by air defense. The primary targets were Kyiv and its vicinity. According to Yuriy Ihnat, head of the Air Force Communication Department, defense forces could not intercept any ballistic missiles due to a shortage of Patriot missile systems.
- After a Russian strike on Vyshneve in the Kyiv region, nine people were reported dead. The destruction of residential areas in the city was noted as the worst during the full-scale invasion, as stated by Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the nation on July 6, highlighting serious concerns over secondary detonations in Vyshneve and calling for a detailed investigation by the Security Service and intelligence. On July 9, he announced that an ammunition depot belonging to a Ukroboronprom company had detonated, promising accountability and dismissals within the organization.
- On the night of July 8, Russian forces again shelled Kyiv, targeting the Desnyansky and Sviatoshynsky districts, causing fires in warehouses, offices, and garages, and damaging an administrative building and trams.
