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Waves of drone and rocket attacks targeted Kyiv overnight into Friday successful the largest aerial battle since Russia's penetration of Ukraine began much than 3 years ago, officials said, amid a renewed Russian propulsion to seizure much of its neighbor's land.
The barrage injured astatine slightest 23 radical and inflicted terrible harm crossed aggregate districts of the superior successful a seven-hour onslaught. Blasts lit up the nighttime entity and echoed crossed the metropolis arsenic aerial raid sirens wailed. The bluish lights of exigency vehicles reflected disconnected high-rise buildings, and debris blocked metropolis streets.
"It was a harsh, sleepless night," Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
A 5-story residential gathering successful Kyiv was heavy damaged by a Russian airstrike connected July 4, 2025.
Ihor Kuznietsov / Novyny LIVE / Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
Russia has been stepping up its long-range attacks connected Ukrainian cities. Less than a week ago, Russia launched what was past the largest aerial battle of the war. That strategy has coincided with a concerted Russian effort to interruption done parts of the astir 620-mile beforehand line, wherever Ukrainian troops are nether terrible pressure.
Russia launched 550 drones and missiles crossed Ukraine during the night, the country's aerial unit said. The bulk were Shahed drones, but Russia besides launched 11 missiles.
The attacks connected Kyiv began the aforesaid time a telephone call took spot betwixt President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Zelenskyy called the timing of the strikes a deliberate awesome that Moscow has nary volition of ending the war.
Mr. Trump said helium was "very disappointed" with the telephone and helium would telephone Zelenskyy connected Friday.
Peace moves not making overmuch advancement
U.S-led planetary bid efforts person been fruitless truthful far. Recent nonstop bid talks person led lone to sporadic exchanges of prisoners of war, wounded troops and the bodies of fallen soldiers. No day has been acceptable for further negotiations.
Ukrainian officials and the Russian Defense Ministry said different captive swap took spot Friday, though neither broadside said however galore soldiers were involved. Zelenskyy said astir of the Ukrainians had been successful Russian captivity since 2022. The Ukrainian soldiers were classified arsenic "wounded and earnestly ill."
When asked if helium made immoderate advancement with Putin connected a woody to extremity the warring successful Ukraine, Mr. Trump said: "No, I didn't marque immoderate advancement with him contiguous astatine all."
Kyiv residents usage a building's basement arsenic a weaponry structure during a Russian drone-and-missile onslaught connected July 4, 2025.
Ihor Kuznietsov / Novyny LIVE / Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images
"I'm not blessed astir that. I'm not blessed astir that," Mr. Trump said of Russia's warfare successful Ukraine. "I don't deliberation he's looking to stop" the war, helium said aboriginal of Putin.
According to Yuri Ushakov, Putin's overseas affairs adviser, the Russian person emphasized that Moscow volition question to execute its goals successful Ukraine and region the "root causes" of the conflict.
"Russia volition not backmost down from these goals," Ushakov told reporters aft the call.
War continuing unabated
Russia's service crossed the borderline connected Feb. 24, 2022, successful an all-out penetration that Putin sought to warrant by falsely saying it was needed to support Russian-speaking civilians successful eastbound Ukraine and forestall the state from joining NATO. Zelenskyy has repeatedly called retired Russian disinformation efforts.
The U.S. has paused immoderate shipments of subject assistance to Ukraine, including important aerial defence missiles. White House spokesperson Anna Kelly told CBS News successful a connection that the "decision was made to enactment America's interests archetypal following" a Defense Department "review of our nation's subject enactment and assistance to different countries crossed the globe."
A U.S. authoritative told CBS News the determination was implicit concerns astir U.S. subject stockpiles falling excessively low.
Ukraine's main European backers are considering however they tin assistance prime up the slack. Zelenskyy says plans are afoot to physique up Ukraine's home arms industry, but scaling up volition instrumentality time.
The Ukrainian effect needs to beryllium speedy, since Russia has been escalating its aerial attacks.
Russia launched 5,438 drones astatine Ukraine successful June, a caller monthly record, according to authoritative information collated by The Associated Press. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said earlier this week that Moscow besides launched much than 330 missiles, including astir 80 ballistic missiles, astatine Ukrainian towns and cities that month.
Kyiv's nighttime "one of the worst truthful far"
Throughout the night, AP journalists successful Kyiv heard the changeless buzzing of drones overhead and the dependable of explosions and aggravated instrumentality weapon occurrence arsenic Ukrainian forces tried to intercept the aerial assault.
"Absolutely horrible and sleepless nighttime successful Kyiv," Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote connected societal media level X. "One of the worst truthful far."
Ukraine's Economy Minister Yuliia Svyrydenko described "families moving into metro stations, basements, underground parking garages, wide demolition successful the bosom of our capital."
"What Kyiv endured past night, cannot beryllium called thing but a deliberate enactment of terror," she wrote connected X.
Kyiv was the superior people of the countrywide attack. At slightest 14 radical were hospitalized, according to Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.
Zelenskyy called the Kyiv onslaught "cynical."
In Moscow, the Defense Ministry claimed its forces targeted factories producing drones and different subject instrumentality successful Kyiv.
Ukrainian aerial defenses changeable down 270 targets, including 2 cruise missiles. Another 208 targets were mislaid from radar and presumed jammed.
Russia successfully deed 8 locations with 9 missiles and 63 drones. Debris from intercepted drones fell crossed astatine slightest 33 sites.
In summation to the capital, the Dnipropetrovsk, Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv and Kyiv regions besides sustained damage, Zelenskyy said.
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