Kyiv came under attack from a barrage of Russian ballistic missiles and drones overnight, the city’s mayor said, describing multiple explosions across the capital.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a statement that a nine-story residential building had collapsed in the Desnyanskyi district, leaving people trapped inside.
In Holosiivskyi district, the roof of a multi-story residential building was on fire, Klitschko said. In the Shevchenkivskyi district, in the center of the capital, there was a fire on the roof of a hotel.
The mayor, who said at least 11 people were injured, urged residents to stay in shelters.
An explosion is seen after a Russian drone strikes a building as Ukrainian firefighters battle a fire in another building previously hit by a drone during a Russian air attack on Kyiv, early on July 2, 2026. AFP journalists in the central and eastern districts of Kyiv heard more than a dozen explosions, as the city’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that “Kyiv is under attack from ballistic missiles and UAVs”.
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The strikes came hours after the Ukrainian military struck a large Russian oil refinery in Ufa, and a military complex in the Penza region, Ukrainian President President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said earlier.
The night before, Ukraine also struck a satellite communications center in the Moscow region, Zelenskyy said.
Ukraine’s strikes on Russia came amid a mounting pressure campaign by Kyiv seeking to push Russia to end the war.
People take shelter at a metro station during Russian air attacks on Kyiv, early on July 2, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. AFP journalists in the central and eastern districts of Kyiv heard more than a dozen explosions, as the city’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on Telegram that “Kyiv is under attack from ballistic missiles and UAVs”.
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Earlier Wednesday, a new analysis from a U.S. think tank said troop casualties — missing, killed and wounded — in the war had surpassed 2 million, including as many as 600,000 deaths.
In its report, the Center for Strategic and International Studies said the figures heavily skew toward Russia, with roughly three Russians killed or wounded to every one Ukrainian killed or wounded, the report finds.
Russian casualties amount to 1.4 million, according to the data, including 450,000 war dead. Ukrainian forces have suffered 525,000 to 625,000 casualties, including 125,000 to 150,000 deaths, the study said.
The report’s authors, drawing on western governments including the US and open sources to report the data, says Russia lost territory in April and May. Overall, the report’s authors said 2026 has been counterproductive for the Russian military, and that Moscow may be losing the war.
Offering historical perspective, the report says Russian fatalities in Ukraine are more than four times greater than all U.S. fatalities in all wars combined since World War II, and more than nine times greater than all Soviet and Russian fatalities in all wars combined since World War II,, the authors write.
Russia’s advances in key Ukrainian areas “are among the slowest rates of advance in any war over the last century,” the report stated.
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