At least eight dead and dozens injured as Ukraine’s forces defend against ballistic missiles, drones targeting capital city.By Al Jazeera, AFP, ReutersPublished On 2 Jul 20262 Jul 2026At least eight people have been killed and dozens injured in a Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, which came just hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of an impending “massive” attack by Moscow.Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration, said eight people died in the overnight and early morning attacks on Thursday that targeted about three dozen locations across the city.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listKyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, writing on Telegram, said that 34 people were also injured.“Kyiv is under attack from ballistic missiles and UAVs,” Klitschko wrote earlier, using the acronym for unmanned aerial vehicles, or drones.Klitschko also reported people trapped in a damaged nine-storey residential building and the collapse of a large part of a high-rise apartment building that sustained a direct strike.Journalists with the AFP news agency in the central and eastern districts of Kyiv reported hearing more than a dozen explosions as Ukraine’s Air Force warned that ballistic missiles were approaching the city. Smoke rises during a Russian missile strike on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, on Thursday morning, setting off fires and causing casualties [Sergei Supinsky/AFP]Pictures shared on unofficial Telegram channels showed city residents crowding into underground stations to shelter from the Russian strikes.In the streets, residents were seen making their way to the shelters, carrying sleeping mats under their arms, according to AFP.Zelenskyy issues warning before Russian attackThe deadly strikes on Kyiv came just hours after Zelenskyy said he was cutting a visi …
