The attacks have triggered fires in two districts of Kyiv, according to the city’s mayor.By AFP and ReutersPublished On 7 Jul 20267 Jul 2026Russian missile attacks have struck Kyiv in the third large-scale assault on the Ukrainian capital in less than a week.Early on Wednesday, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a statement on Telegram that the Russian strikes had triggered fires in two districts of the city.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listSo far, two people have been injured, with one requiring treatment in hospital.Earlier, on Tuesday, a Russian missile strike hit the southern port of Odesa injuring ten people, regional governor Oleh Kiper said. Eight were being treated in hospital.Moscow also launched a large-scale attack on Kyiv on Monday, killing at least 14 people and damaging at least a dozen buildings.Both Russia and Ukraine have recently expanded their use of long-range weapons, including missiles, marking a new front in Moscow’s four-year war.Ukraine has focused its attacks on Russian energy facilities to weaken its war efforts.Ukraine said on Tuesday that its drones attacked a dozen tankers from Russia’s “shadow fleet” over the past two days that were delivering fuel to Moscow-occupied Crimea. Kyiv’s military said they had struck eight vessels subject to sanctions in the Sea of Azov, each with a deadweight of about 7,000 metric tonnes. Two more tankers were hit later in the day.The Sea of Azov is a key supply route for Russian forces in Crimea and other occupied parts of southern Ukraine.Russia annexed Crimea in 2014 – in a move that has been unrecognised internationally – eight years before launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Advertisement Moscow has not publicly commented on this week’s attacks on Ukraine, which also included strikes on electrical substations, radar systems, and missile installations.Attacks amid NATO SummitThe latest exchange of fire …
