Russia launches major aerial attack on Kyiv, killing 13

WorldPolitics
2 Jul 2026 • 2:49 PM MYT
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Russia launches major aerial attack on Kyiv, killing 13

  • Russia launched a major aerial attack on Kyiv, resulting in at least 13 deaths and 30 injuries, with residential buildings and a hotel set ablaze.
  • Poland scrambled fighter jets as a precautionary measure during the Russian assault on Kyiv, though no airspace violations were recorded.
  • Ukraine's commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyi, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to find ways to launch new offensive operations to capture Kyiv.
  • Ukrainian drone attacks targeted Russia's Leningrad and Nizhny Novgorod regions, damaging an industrial facility, killing one person, and injuring four others.
  • Ukraine is implementing a new framework to permit arms exports, with a percentage of revenues channelled into a state defence fund to bolster its defence industry.

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