At least 11 people have been killed in Kyiv after Russia launched another wave of overnight missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital, marking the second major assault on the city within a week.
Kyiv’s top military administrator, Timur Tkachenko, said 46 people, including five children, were injured in the attacks, while emergency officials confirmed that three more people were killed in the wider Kyiv region.
Rescue operations were continuing on Monday, July 6 at more than 20 locations across the capital, with Tkachenko saying residential high-rise buildings were struck in two districts. Emergency crews were working to reach people believed to be trapped beneath the rubble.
The latest bombardment came on the eve of the NATO summit in Turkey, where Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to hold talks with US President Donald Trump amid renewed appeals for stronger military support.
Hours before the attacks, Zelensky warned that intelligence reports indicated Russia was preparing a second “massive strike” on Kyiv following Thursday night’s assault, which left 30 people dead.
Residents endured another night of explosions as Ukraine’s air defence systems attempted to intercept incoming missiles. Many sought refuge in underground metro stations as air raid sirens sounded across the city.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said Russian ballistic missiles struck several buildings, triggering fires in apartment complexes. Warehouses and a garage workshop were also damaged.
By Monday morning, widespread destruction was visible across the city. Three large apartment blocks had partially collapsed, with some buildings sustaining direct missile strikes. Helicopters were deployed to ferry water from the river to extinguish fires as rescuers searched for survivors.
The latest attack follows Thursday night’s barrage of drones and missiles that forced tens of thousands of residents to seek shelter in metro stations. Ukrainian authorities accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilian areas, while Moscow maintained it had struck military and energy facilities in retaliation for recent Ukrainian attacks on power stations and energy infrastructure inside Russian territory.
Overnight, attacks also disrupted electricity supplies in Sevastopol in Russian-occupied Crimea, where power was temporarily cut. Ukraine has intensified strikes on targets in the peninsula in an effort to increase pressure on the Kremlin to enter peace negotiations.
Kyiv, however, says Moscow has instead responded by escalating its attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
Ahead of the NATO summit, Zelensky urged Ukraine’s allies not to delay the delivery of additional air defence missiles to counter Russian ballistic attacks.
“Any delay with missiles for our air defense… means the loss of lives, and it encourages Russia to continue the war,” he wrote on X.
The Ukrainian president has also appealed to the United States to grant Kyiv licences to manufacture Patriot air defence missiles domestically.
