At least 1 killed, 8 injured after major Russian overnight attack rocks Kyiv with ballistic missiles, damages residential buildings
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One person has been killed, and 8 others have been injured, with residential buildings damaged and set ablaze in Kyiv after a major Russian ballistic missile attack targeted Ukraine's capital overnight on July 19.
Among the eight injured, six were hospitalized, and one person was treated on site. Another five people were rescued from damaged buildings, authorities reported.
A series of explosions was first heard in Ukraine's capital at around 1:30 a.m. local time as air raid sirens sounded across central and eastern Ukraine.
Several rounds of explosions were then heard at around 1:47 a.m. and 1:54 a.m. local time, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground.
More explosions were reported at approximately 2:09 a.m. and 2:13 a.m. local time, with dozens of missiles reported within the span of just an hour.
At 2:38 a.m. local time, ballistic missile explosions again rocked Kyiv as Russia continued targeting Ukraine's capital.
A total of 31 ballistic missiles and at least eight Zircon hypersonic missiles targeted Kyiv, according to monitoring channels.
Ukraine's Air Force has not confirmed the total number of missiles targeting Ukraine's capital, reporting several rounds of ballistic missiles headed for Kyiv starting at 1:24 a.m. local time.
Damage in Kyiv
In the Dniprovskyi district, a fire broke out in a dormitory building due to fallen debris, and smoke has been reported near a shopping centre, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported.
"In the Desnyanskyi district, a strike hit the grounds of a commercial property. Vehicle fires have also been reported," he said, adding that a warehouse has also been set ablaze.
Fires broke out on the roof of a supermarket and a nearby residential building as a result of a Russian missile strike in Kyiv's Solomyanskyi district.
Debris fell near a nine-story building at another location in the district, shattering windows in the complex, Klitschko said, adding that one person was rescued from the second floor.
Four people have been rescued from a burning five-story residential building in the Solomyanskyi district, Klitschko said.
"In the Shevchenkivskyi district, the three-story wing of an administrative building is on fire as a result of falling debris. More than ten parked cars have also been damaged," Klitschko said, adding that windows have been shattered in a nearby residential building and fires have been reported in nearby structures.
Authorities have also received reports of a strike on a residential building in the city's Sviatoshynskyi district, he said.
The Kyiv metro's Lukyanivska station is temporarily closed due to damage at an above-ground entrance caused by an explosion, authorities said.
Several fires broke out at warehouse buildings and a logistics facility in Kyiv Oblast near the suburb of Bucha, the State Emergency Service reported.
Russian attacks in recent weeks
Russia regularly conducts fatal strikes on civilian infrastructure in cities across Ukraine as it continues to wage its war.
In an overnight attack just days earlier on July 16, Russia slammed Ukraine's capital with ballistic missiles, killing at least two people and injuring six others.
Several mass Russian attacks targeted Kyiv in recent weeks as Ukraine faces a shortage of Patriot air defense missiles needed to intercept ballistic missiles.
On July 8, four people were killed, and 15 others were injured after Russia launched drones and ballistic missiles against Kyiv for the third time within days.
Overnight on July 6, Russia launched waves of missiles and drones toward Kyiv, killing at least 26 people and injuring dozens more, including seven children, hours after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned of a large-scale attack targeting the capital.
Another 31 people were killed, and at least 102 were injured after Russian missiles and strike drones pummeled Kyiv overnight on July 2.
