Fresh Russian Strikes on Ukraine Ahead of NATO Talks
Ukraine said 26 people were killed and more than 100 wounded as Russia fired 68 missiles and 351 drones, intensifying pressure for air defenses.
- On Monday, July 6, Russia fired missiles and drones into Kyiv apartment buildings, killing at least 26 people on the eve of the annual NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey.
- This assault marked the second major strike in a week, following an earlier attack that killed more than 30 people and exposing Kyiv's critical shortage of U.S.-made air defense interceptors.
- Russia launched 68 missiles and 351 drones during the overnight operation, targeting residential zones with dozens wounded as emergency crews searched through debris for survivors.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy decried the "brutal strike" and will press allies for more Patriot missile systems when he meets President Donald Trump at the NATO summit.
- Kyiv resident Oleksandr Seleznyov said the war reached a "new phase," while Ukrainian forces simultaneously struck an oil refinery in Russia's Omsk region, around 2,500 kilometers from the border.
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Herald & ReviewRussian strikes loom over NATO summit
KYIV — Russia hammered Ukraine with missiles and drones early on Monday, killing at least 20 people and exposing Kyiv's critical shortage of U.S.-made interceptors, officials said, just days after the deadliest attack on the Ukrainian capital this year.
Moscow. On the eve of the beginning of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Ankara, where the presidents of the United States, Donald Trump, and of Ukraine, Volodymir Zelensky, are scheduled to meet, Russia launched yesterday morning a new “massive and combined” attack on Kiev, less intense than the previous one, on July 2, but just as lethal with at least 28 dead and 100 wounded.
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