Overnight, dozens of Russian ballistic missiles struck Kyiv, with 25 impacting within less than an hour, according to reports. The attack killed at least 9 people and wounded many others. The new report adds details to the earlier accounts of the overnight assault on the Ukrainian capital.
New reports from the overnight Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv specify that 25 missiles impacted the capital within a single hour, according to reports published Saturday morning. The attack, which killed at least 9 people and wounded 28, was first reported by The Zioneer at 01:57 Jerusalem, when the Kyiv mayor said the city was under a ballistic missile barrage. Casualty figures rose rapidly: from at least 3 killed and several trapped in a collapsed building, to 9 killed and 27 wounded, including 4 children, as the State Emergency Service reported 105 people rescued from rubble. The wounded count was later revised to 28, and the mayor confirmed the final figures.
The use of ballistic missiles in a concentrated barrage continues a pattern of intense Russian strikes on Ukrainian urban centers. The Zioneer previously reported on July 11 that eight ballistic missiles struck Kyiv, and has documented multiple similar attacks in recent weeks, including a combined drone and missile attack that killed 9 on July 6.
The specific detail of 25 missiles impacting within one hour remains unverified by official sources, though the casualty figures are consistent with earlier reports. The full extent of the damage and the number of missiles fired overall are still being assessed.
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