Conflict & Security
Kyiv strikes kill woman, wound at least 12, officials say
Russian strikes on Kyiv killed a woman and wounded at least 12 other people, Kyiv authorities said Wednesday, after Ukraine's air force warned of incoming ballistic missiles.
AFP journalists heard explosions in the Ukrainian capital shortly after midnight, 2100 GMT Tuesday. Kyiv's military administration said a missile and drone barrage damaged residential buildings and several warehouses.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at least three people were hospitalised, including one in serious condition.
Ukraine has been urging allies to provide more US-made Patriot missile interceptors to protect its airspace from Russian ballistic attacks. President Volodymyr Zelensky has said a lack of ballistic missile interceptors “only encourages Russia to launch such attacks that take human lives”.
The latest attack followed Russian strikes on Kyiv and its suburbs on Saturday that killed 10 people and wounded more than 30. One damaged building in that attack was Lithuania's embassy and another was a five-storey residential building.
Russia said Saturday's attack struck “military-industrial complex industries and logistics centres”.
Both sides have increased long-range attacks in recent weeks. Russia more than doubled its use of missiles in July, according to AFP analysis, and UN human rights monitors have voiced concern about rising civilian casualties in Ukraine.
Update
Kyiv authorities said the strikes killed one woman and wounded at least 12 people.
Kyiv's military administration said the missile and drone barrage damaged residential buildings and several warehouses.
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said at least three people were hospitalised, one in serious condition.
Source note: AFP news report published on 5 August 2026 at 00:07:30 UTC.
Update
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a fire broke out in a 20-storey residential building.
Klitschko said the cause of the fire was likely a missile strike.
Klitschko said warehouses were also hit.
Source note: AFP news report published on 4 August 2026 at 22:25:09 UTC.
Update
Russian attacks on Kyiv and its suburbs on Saturday killed 10 people and wounded more than 30.
Ukrainian drones sank a large Russian container ship in the Black Sea, according to the AFP account.
AFP analysis found Russia more than doubled its missile use in July.
UN human rights monitors have voiced concern about rising civilian casualties.
President Volodymyr Zelensky met US President Donald Trump last Tuesday partly to lobby for licences to produce Patriot systems domestically.
Source note: AFP news report published on 4 August 2026 at 21:56:35 UTC.
Update
AFP reporters said explosions rang out in Kyiv shortly after midnight local time on Wednesday.
Ukraine's air force reported the approach of several ballistic missiles.
The item adds context that Ukraine has recently urged allies for more US-made Patriot missile interceptors.
Source note: AFP news report published on 4 August 2026 at 21:40:14 UTC.
Uncertainty notes
The full extent of damage from the latest Kyiv strikes was not clear in the supplied information.
The source attributes the casualty figures to Kyiv authorities.
Source
AFP news report published on .