Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital with missiles and drones in a single day, killing at least six folks, together with a 6-year-old boy, Ukrainian authorities stated Thursday (July 31, 2025).
Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko stated at least 52 different folks have been injured in the assaults and that the quantity was more likely to rise.
A big a part of a nine-storey residential constructing collapsed after it was struck, Mr. Tkachenko added. Rescue groups have been on the scene to rescue folks trapped underneath the rubble.
“Missile strike. Directly on a residential building. People are under the rubble. All services are on site,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on his official Telegram.
Images from the scene confirmed plumes of smoke emanating from {a partially} broken constructing and particles strewn on the bottom.
At least 27 places throughout Kyiv have been hit by the attack, Mr. Tkachenko stated, with the heaviest injury seen in the (*52*) and Sviatoshynskyi districts.
U.S. President Donald Trump stated Tuesday (July 29, 2025) he’s giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a shorter deadline — August 8 — for peace efforts to make progress or Washington will impose punitive sanctions and tariffs.
Western leaders have accused Mr. Putin of dragging his ft in U.S.-led peace efforts in an try and seize extra Ukrainian land.
