Russia launches record drone, missile attack on Kyiv

2025, July 9

Ukraine

According to the BBC and Deutsche Welle, one person was killed and 26 others injured after a night of intensive Russian strikes on nearly every district of Kyiv, officials said. The reports said the attacks continued until around 4:30 a.m. local time (0130 UTC) on Friday. Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 539 drones and missiles during the assault, the highest number launched in a single attack since the start of the invasion.

Air raid sirens sounded for more than eight consecutive hours as multiple strikes hit Kyiv, which the air force described as the "main target of the strikes" on the Telegram mobile app.

The strikes came hours after a call between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, after which Trump said he was "disappointed" that Putin was not ready to end the war against Ukraine.

According to the BBC, the Kremlin said it would continue the war in Ukraine until it had addressed what it called "the root causes of the war in Ukraine."