Russia launches ballistic missile attack on Kyiv hours after Zelenskyy warns of major strike

Russia launched a ballistic rocket onslaught connected Ukraine's superior aboriginal Thursday, with aggregate explosions reported crossed Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko urged residents to question structure arsenic blasts rocked the city. Reuters, citing a witness, reported proceeding aggregate explosions.

The Ukrainian Air Force besides said Russia was targeting the superior with ballistic missiles.

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An detonation lights up the entity implicit the metropolis during a Russian rocket and drone strike, amid Russia's onslaught connected Ukraine, successful Kyiv, Ukraine July 2, 2026. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)

Klitschko aboriginal said respective non-residential sites caught occurrence pursuing the strikes. There were nary contiguous reports of casualties.

The onslaught came conscionable hours aft Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russia appeared to beryllium preparing a large overnight assault.

"I received a study from Air Force Commander Anatolii Kryvonozhko," Zelenskyy wrote connected X Wednesday, saying Russia had prepared a "massive onslaught respective days ago" and that determination was a "high probability" it would beryllium carried retired overnight.

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People instrumentality structure wrong an overcrowded metro presumption during a Russian rocket and drone strike, amid Russia's onslaught connected Ukraine, successful Kyiv, Ukraine July 30, 2026. (Alina Smutko/Reuters)

"It is important that our partners afloat recognize what is happening and that the extortion of lives straight depends connected their readiness, oregon deficiency thereof, to assistance america with aerial defence missiles," Zelenskyy said.

The Ukrainian president made the entreaty aft returning from the United States, wherever helium met with President Donald Trump.

Trump precocious announced astatine the NATO acme successful Turkey that the United States would licence Ukraine to manufacture Patriot aerial defence systems, according to The Associated Press.

"First and foremost, this concerns the United States and those partners that person Patriot missiles and tin supply them to enactment our defense," Zelenskyy wrote.

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with President Donald Trump astatine White House during his sojourn to Washington, D.C, connected July 28, 2026.

"Every spouse knows what is needed and afloat understands the consequences of marking time."

Fox News Digital's Emma Bussey and Reuters contributed to this report.