Russia launched one of its heaviest overnight attacks on Kyiv, firing hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at the Ukrainian capital in a strike that tore through residential buildings, killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 90, according to Reuters.Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, speaking from Ukraine exclusively with Fox News Digital, said the assault marked "the most horrific night for Kyiv since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion.""Early this morning, I spoke with my mother-in-law, who is in Kyiv.She told me she had never been so terrified.
It felt as if the biblical Apocalypse were unfolding before her very eyes.Everyone was praying."HOUSE REPUBLICAN DON BACON SAYS HE WANTS 'PARIAH STATE' RUSSIA BOOTED FROM UN SECURITY COUNCILFirefighters work at the site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 2, 2026.
(Reuters)The explosions shook central Kyiv for hours as thousands of residents rushed into bomb shelters and underground metro stations.The attack caused the widest destruction in Kyiv so far in 2026 and was the deadliest strike on the capital since at least May, when 24 people were killed in an attack that brought down an apartment block. Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 74 missiles and 496 drones overnight, according to Reuters. Yuri Ihnat, the Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson, said the number of ballistic missiles was unusually high and that the interception rate for them was low, as Ukraine continues to face shortages of Patriot missiles.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who cut short a visit to Ireland and returned to Ukraine, said damage had been reported at more than 20 sites across the capital."The main strike was directed at Kyiv," Zelenskyy said.
"Air defence supplies for Ukraine are an absolute and critical priority."UKRAINE LAUNCHES WHAT APPEARS TO BE ONE OF ITS LARGEST DRONE ATTACKS AGAINST RUSSIA: ...