Kyiv, July 31 : At least nine people, including a six-year-old child, were killed and 124 others injured in a massive overnight missile and suicide drone attack by Russia on Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv. Among the injured were ten children, the youngest being a five-month-old baby.
Residential Building Partially Collapses
Head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, Timur Tkachenko, reported that a large section of a nine-storey residential building collapsed in the strike. A local resident, Yana Zaborova (35), recounted the horror, saying, “When the explosion happened, all the windows and doors of the house were blown away. Now there is only shock and trauma left—nothing else remains.”
309 Drones, 8 Missiles Launched
According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched a total of 309 Shahed drones and eight Iskander-K cruise missiles. Ukrainian air defence systems successfully shot down 288 drones and three missiles. However, 21 drones and five missiles managed to reach their targets, causing significant destruction. Besides Kyiv, other targeted regions included Dnipro, Poltava, Sumy, and Mykolaiv, with Kyiv suffering the worst damage.
Zelensky Calls for Stronger Western Support
President Volodymyr Zelensky posted on Telegram: “Today the world once again saw how Russia responded to our desire for peace with the US and Europe. Therefore, peace is only possible through strength.” He urged Western allies to fulfil their defence support commitments and called for increased pressure on Moscow to engage in genuine negotiations.
Russia Claims Control of Key City, Ukraine Denies
Meanwhile, Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed to have taken full control of the strategically important city of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine’s Donetsk region.
However, Ukrainian military spokesperson Viktor Trehubov dismissed the claim as false and propaganda-driven. He stated, “There has been no change in the current situation.”
According to the Ukrainian military, seven clashes took place in Chasiv Yar over the past 24 hours, and many areas there remain in the “grey zone”—meaning they are not under the full control of either Ukraine or Russia.
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