Debris surrounds a missile crater in the foreground of a building following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 19, 2026. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
Kyiv’s acting foreign minister says Russia struck Ukraine with the largest number of ballistic missiles in a single attack since the start of its full-scale war over four years ago.
“Russia unleashed the largest number of ballistic missiles since the start of the war — around four dozen — in a brutal terrorist attack on the Ukrainian capital, killing and injuring people,” Andrii Sybiha writes on X.
“We urge appropriate and strong responses. We need devastating pressure on Moscow to end this terror,” he adds.
Russia launched 41 missiles and 125 attack drones across Ukraine overnight, according to the Ukrainian air force. President Volodymyr Zelensky said most of the missiles had targeted the capital.
A firefighter puts out a fire in a residential neighborhood following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 19, 2026. (AP/Efrem Lukatsky)
One person was killed and 16 were wounded in the overnight attack, local authorities said.
The attack began at around 1:30 a.m. local time and continued for several hours, with explosions echoing across the capital.
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