Kyiv came under heavy Russian bombardment overnight, with ballistic missiles and drones striking several districts and leaving at least 10 people injured, Ukrainian authorities reported on Saturday morning. The attack, which included Iskander missiles and Kh-59/69 cruise missiles, sparked fires across the capital and forced residents into shelters.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko, writing on Telegram, described the assault as ongoing and urged residents to remain in bomb shelters. “Early reports indicate a strike on a non-residential building in the Sviatoshynskyi district. A transformer substation is on fire in the Darnytskyi district. In the Solomianskyi district, a fire has broken out in a three-story office building,” he said.
The State Emergency Service of Ukraine confirmed that 10 people, including one child, had been injured in the attacks. The Ukrainian air force reported that Russia launched six Iskander ballistic missiles, four Kh-59/69 cruise missiles, two Kh-31 anti-radiation missiles, and 121 attack drones overnight. Local air defenses intercepted 111 of the drones and two Kh-59/69 missiles, according to preliminary data.
Escalating Air Campaign
This latest barrage follows a major drone and missile attack on Kyiv last week that killed at least 30 people and struck more than 20 sites across the city. Klitschko described that assault as Russia's “most massive attack” on the capital. In that wave, the Ukrainian air force said Russian forces used 570 air attack assets, including four Zircon missiles, 24 Iskander ballistic missiles, and 496 Shahed-type drones.
Elsewhere in Ukraine, Russian strikes on the eastern Donetsk region killed seven people and injured 21 on Friday, local authorities reported.
In response to Russia's relentless aerial campaign, Kyiv has intensified its own strikes on Moscow's energy infrastructure. Ukrainian forces have targeted oil refineries, depots, and terminals in an effort to disrupt one of President Vladimir Putin's most critical sources of state revenue. These attacks have sparked a fuel crisis across Russia and Russian-occupied territories, with long queues at petrol stations and rising prices. Moscow has responded by banning diesel exports to mitigate the economic impact.
On Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his forces had struck an oil refinery in Omsk, as well as facilities in the Saratov, Rostov, Tver, Stavropol, and Krasnodar regions over the past week. For more on Ukraine's long-range strikes, see our report on Ukrainian Drones Strike Russian Oil Refineries and Azov Port.
Despite these tactical successes, Ukraine's top military commander has cautioned that a decisive turning point in the war remains distant. As reported in Ukraine's Top General: War's Turning Point Still Distant as Russian Pressure Mounts, the general warned that Russian forces continue to apply heavy pressure along the front lines.
The European Union, meanwhile, is grappling with how to maintain pressure on Moscow's energy revenues. The bloc faces a July deadline to avoid an automatic hike in the Russian oil price cap, a mechanism designed to limit Kremlin income while keeping global markets stable. For details, see EU scrambles to avert automatic hike in Russian oil price cap before July deadline.
As the war enters its third year, the human and material toll continues to mount. Kyiv's resilience, however, remains undiminished, with residents and authorities alike adapting to the grim reality of near-daily aerial attacks.
