Six injured as Russia strikes Kyiv with missiles, officials say
Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, injuring at least six people and damaging residential and office buildings. This strike is part of an intensified campaign of attacks on the Ukrainian capital that has resulted in significant casualties this month.
Why it matters
The ongoing missile strikes on civilian infrastructure in Kyiv represent a critical escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, impacting regional stability and humanitarian conditions.
Russia pummelled Ukraine’s capital Kyiv with ballistic missiles early on Saturday (july 11, 2026), injuring at least six people, officials said.
A Reuters witness heard a series of powerful explosions in the city before the air alert was announced.
The attack damaged a non-residential building in one district, while smoke was coming from another and an office building was in flames as a result of the strike, the city military administration said on the Telegram messaging app.
A transformer substation was on fire as well, said Mayor Vitali Klitschko, while windows were blown out in some residential buildings.
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