by Chris Sampson, Jeremy Dirac | Aug. 1, 2025, 1:32 am
At least 31 killed, including a child, and 159 injured in Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv; dozens of sites hit in what officials call a deliberate, large-scale assault.
A Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv early Thursday, July 31, left at least 16 people dead with at least one child, a six-year-old, among the dead, and 159 injured as of 9:40 p.m., according to updated figures from Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s military administration.
The Sviatoshynskyi district, where a residential building sustained a direct missile strike, was one of the hardest hit. Fires broke out in surrounding non-residential structures, and entire entrances to apartment blocks were destroyed.
Tkachenko described the day as “difficult” and urged solidarity in the face of continued Russian aggression.
More than 27 locations across the capital sustained damage in what Ukrainian officials have called a deliberate, multi-pronged assault aimed at overwhelming air defenses.
Photos: Chris Sampson
Text: Jeremy Dirac
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