Anastasiia Kasinchuk

The attack has killed at least 15 people and injured dozens more, along with damage to a kindergarten, children's hospital, apartment buildings, and food warehouses.

VYSHNEVE, Kyiv Oblast – After a Russian missile strike tore through a quiet suburb just southwest of Kyiv on July 6, causing massive explosions at a warehouse near a residential area, entire streets resemble a front-line town. Where neat gardens, cherry trees, and family homes once stood, there are now scorched foundations, collapsed roofs, and piles of twisted metal. The blast resulted in the most extensive damage to residential areas since Russia's full-scale invasion began, Ukrainian officia

The Kyiv Independent asked people on the streets of Kyiv how they assess the military leadership shakeup, what changes they expect under Drapatyi's command, and whether they believe Fedorov should continue shaping Ukraine's defense policy.

"They are trying to kill us with hunger and cold," one Kyiv resident told the Kyiv Independent.