Kiev once again became the main target of a massive missile-drone attack. In a dramatic series of explosions, at least six people died and many buildings were destroyed or damaged.
Alarm at night – start of drone and rocket attack
It all started just after midnight when there were sirens over Kiev warning of the raid. Russian Army carried outthree waves of attacksusingmore than 300 drones and at least eight maneuvering rockets. Not only residents, but also schools, kindergartens and children’s hospitals.
Main impact points
The most affected neighborhoodsSłomiańska, Światoszynska, Szewchenkowska and Holosijiwska. One of the rockets directly hit a residential block, where people were stuck under the rubble – the rescue took hours. According to service reports, the paramedics managed to get out a live man who had been trapped for over five hours.
Number of victims and scale of damage
According to the preliminary findings, last night, the enemy attacked Kiev with a "Shahed"-type jet drone-kamikaze," said Ihor Kłymenko, Minister of the Interior. "We have six fatalities, 82 injured, of which 44 are in hospitals. Six-year-old boy died in an ambulance, failed to save him. At least ten children were injured, five were sent to hospital wards. That's what the Russians did. A five-month-old girl is also injured – the Russians also aimed at her. The data is preliminary. More than a hundred buildings were damaged: housing blocks, schools, kindergartens, medical institutions, universities – it is the Russians who hit them. The direct hit of the rocket destroyed the stairway of a nine-story building in the Swiatoszyn region. Again. This is the style they have," said the head of the Kiev Municipal Military Administration Tymur Tkachenko.
Lives and reactions of residents
The Kievians were forced to spend the night in shelters – both home basements and metro stations. In the city, explosions and shots of machine guns used to shoot down drones were heard all night long..
Mer city, Vitali Klickko, appealed for peace and remain hidden, stressing that "enemy drones are coming into the city from different directions".
Dramatic events of July 31 show that the hybrid war and mass attacks carried out by Russians do not spare anyone – civilians, children or social infrastructure. Rescue action is underway, and the number of victims may increase in the coming hours.
