Smoke rises after a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 4, 2025
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Russian missiles and drones hammered Kyiv in an in a single day assault, the most important aerial assault on the Ukrainian capital for the reason that battle started greater than three years in the past.
The assault got here shortly after President Trump held an hour-long cellphone name with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a dialog Trump stated made no progress in direction of ending the battle. Shortly after the bombardment, Trump spoke with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who known as it a “essential and helpful dialog”.
A neighborhood lady walks previous automobiles destroyed by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Kyiv residents shelter in subway amid a Russian drone-and-missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Native residents take cowl within the metro station used as shelter throughout a mass drone and missile assault by the Russian Federation on the capital on Kyiv.
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Air raid sirens wailed throughout Kyiv for eight hours into Friday morning, and plenty of households sought shelter in underground metro stations throughout the Russian onslaught. At the least one individual was killed and greater than 20 individuals injured throughout a number of districts of Kyiv.
Officers in Kyiv stated residence blocks, faculties, warehouses and railroad infrastructure had been additionally broken by the roughly 550 drones and 11 missiles that landed on the capital.
Russia’s defence ministry stated the aerial strikes had been launched in response to the “terrorist acts of the Kyiv regime.” Russia has been intensifying its bombing marketing campaign in opposition to Ukraine in latest weeks as ceasefire talks between the 2 nations have floundered.
Firefighters battle in opposition to the fireplace broke out after Russian airstrike in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Ukrainian Air Defence Forces shoot down Russian air targets over Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Senior residents transfer away from the scene after Russian airstrike in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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“It was a harsh, sleepless evening,” Zelenskyy stated in a social media put up, including that the assault reveals Russia has “no intention of ending the battle and terror.”
Zelenskyy known as for elevated stress on Russia and extra air protection gear. The Trump administration earlier this week paused shipments of essential weapons to Ukraine – resembling missiles, ammunition and air protection programs – a transfer that Kyiv stated would restrict Ukraine’s skill to defend itself in opposition to intensifying Russian airstrikes and advances on the entrance traces.
In a Telegram put up about his name with Trump on Friday, Zelenskyy stated the pair talked about Russian airstrikes and rising Ukraine’s air protection capabilities. He known as the American president “very knowledgeable” about Ukraine, and stated that they had agreed to work on rising the safety of Ukraine’s skies.
A rescue employee works on the web site of a Russian air strike on a residential constructing in Kyiv, Ukraine.
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A person reacts throughout a mass drone and missile assault by the Russian Federation on the capital on Kyiv.
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Residents examine the injury following a Russian air strike in a residential space of Kyiv, Ukraine.
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Zelenskyy additionally claimed that he and Trump had a agreed on a gathering of their groups. “We’re prepared for direct initiatives with America and imagine that that is extraordinarily obligatory for safety, particularly with regard to drones and associated applied sciences,” he added.
That cellphone name got here someday after Trump spoke with Putin about ending the battle in Ukraine. Trump stated he was “very disillusioned” with the dialog.
“I did not make any progress with him at the moment in any respect,” he stated, including “I am not glad about that.”
The Kremlin’s overseas affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov, stated Putin instructed Trump that Russia is not going to again down in attempting to attain its objectives in Ukraine, and that the battle will proceed till Moscow will get to the “root causes” of the battle.
Ushakov didn’t clarify what Putin’s objectives in Ukraine had been, however the Russian chief has stated prior to now that he needs Ukraine to forfeit territory and chorus from becoming a member of army alliances resembling NATO.
