A Russian aerial strike on a residential constructing in Kyiv killed six individuals, together with a 6-year-old boy, and injured not less than 52 others, the pinnacle of the town’s army administration mentioned Thursday.
The constructing within the Sviatoshynskyi district was a “direct hit,” Tymur Tkachenko mentioned in a message on Telegram, including that it was considered one of 27 places in Kyiv that have been struck by Russia in a single day.
Rescuers work on the web site of an house constructing hit throughout Russian missile and drone strikes, amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 31, 2025.
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“It is a horrible morning in Kyiv,” Andrii Sybiha, Ukraine’s minister of international affairs, mentioned in a social media put up. “The brutal Russian strikes destroyed whole residential buildings and broken faculties and hospitals. Civilians are injured and killed.”
Girls react exterior a destroyed house constructing after a Russian missile assault in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 31, 2025.
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“There are nonetheless individuals underneath the rubble,” Sybiha added.
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