A Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, has killed at least six people, including a six-year-old boy, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other officials. The attack wounded at least 52 people and caused damage at 27 locations across four districts of Kyiv. The latest deadly attack came after US President Donald Trump issued a 10- or 12-day ultimatum to Moscow to halt its invasion of Ukraine, now in its fourth year, or face sanctions. Russia’s Defence Ministry said the attack targeted Ukrainian air fields, ammunition depots, and businesses linked to Kyiv’s military-industrial complex. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted and jammed 288 of the 309 drones involved in the attack and three of the eight missiles. Ukrainian drones later struck an electronics plant in the western Russian city of Penza, according to Governor Oleg Melnichenko and an official from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). Drone wreckage also halted some trains in the Volgograd region, state rail operator Russian Railways said. Russia’s Ministry of Defence said it had shot down 32 Ukrainian drones overnight. Ukraine has been trying to repel Russia’s summer offensive, which has made advances into areas on the eastern front line largely spared since the start of its invasion.
Russia has killed six people in drone and missile strikes on Ukraine’s Kyiv, according to Zelenskyy.
