At least six killed, 52 injured in Russian missile and drone assault in Kyiv

Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital with missiles and drones in a single day, killing no less than six folks, together with a 6-year-old boy, Ukrainian authorities mentioned Thursday (July 31, 2025).

Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko mentioned no less than 52 different folks had been injured within the assaults and that the quantity was prone to rise.

A big a part of a nine-storey residential constructing collapsed after it was struck, Mr. Tkachenko added. Rescue groups had been on the scene to rescue folks trapped below the rubble.

“Missile strike. Directly on a residential constructing. People are below the rubble. All companies are on web site,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on his official Telegram.

Images from the scene confirmed plumes of smoke emanating from {a partially} broken constructing and particles strewn on the bottom.

At least 27 areas throughout Kyiv had been hit by the assault, Mr. Tkachenko mentioned, with the heaviest injury seen within the Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts.

U.S. President Donald Trump mentioned Tuesday (July 29, 2025) he’s giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a shorter deadline — August 8 — for peace efforts to make progress or Washington will impose punitive sanctions and tariffs.

Western leaders have accused Mr. Putin of dragging his toes in U.S.-led peace efforts in an try and seize extra Ukrainian land.