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Russia Launches Heavy Ballistic Missile Attack on Kyiv, Killing Six People

HeadlineJul 20, 2026

In Ukraine, Russia launched one of its largest ballistic missile attacks on the capital Kyiv since the start of the war, leaving at least six people dead and dozens injured. Ten people were also killed in a Russian strike near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa. In response, Ukraine targeted Moscow with 400 drones, wounding two people and setting buildings ablaze. This is a resident of Kyiv whose apartment was damaged in a Russian attack.

Oleksandr Vasilevsky: “There was the first strike. The building shook. Then it was quiet for a while because the front doors had been blown off here in the hallway. Then came the second strike, and then there was a huge blast. We heard it. The building started shaking, and I could hear everything flying around.”

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