{"id":24016,"date":"2026-08-01T07:27:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24016"},"modified":"2026-08-01T07:27:48","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T02:27:48","slug":"russian-strikes-on-kyiv-kill-4-injure-at-least-15-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=24016","title":{"rendered":"Russian strikes on Kyiv kill 4, injure at least 15, officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Russian strikes on Ukraine&#8217;s capital killed at least four people and wounded more than a dozen others, local officials said Saturday local time, after Kyiv&#8217;s mayor warned of a ballistic missile attack.<\/p>\n<p>It comes after the United Nations found June was the deadliest month for civilians in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/ukraine-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Ukraine<\/a> since April 2022, as Moscow ramped up its long-range strikes on towns and cities across Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv&#8217;s military administration said the strikes had killed four people, and the city&#8217;s mayor reported 15 people, including two boys aged 13 and 17, were wounded and transported to hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Explosions in the city. Kyiv is under ballistic missile attack. Stay in shelters!&#8221; Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote earlier on Telegram.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed__float-wrap\">\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\" data-ads=\"{\" extrawordcount=\"\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content \"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/01\/556ad45e-40ed-48b4-a40f-8f0a1cb17152\/thumbnail\/620x413\/69ff176c9f11b08888fed7fee594b52c\/ap26213037525290.jpg#\" alt=\"Russia Ukraine War \" height=\"413\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets1.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/01\/556ad45e-40ed-48b4-a40f-8f0a1cb17152\/thumbnail\/620x413\/69ff176c9f11b08888fed7fee594b52c\/ap26213037525290.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2026\/08\/01\/556ad45e-40ed-48b4-a40f-8f0a1cb17152\/thumbnail\/1240x826\/1d45b71eca9134c8fddbe46dd1191193\/ap26213037525290.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following Russian missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Efrem Lukatsky\/AP Photo<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Agence France-Presse journalists also reported hearing explosions.<\/p>\n<p>More than 10 explosions were heard in a row, the journalists reported, adding that the intensity of the blasts triggered car alarms on the streets.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, a Russian ballistic missile and drone barrage across Ukraine <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/russian-attacks-on-ukraine-kill-several-prompt-fresh-zelenskyy-call-for-more-air-defense-missiles-from-allies\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">killed at least eight civilians<\/a><\/span>, including children, and wounded dozens more.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine, meanwhile, <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/american-made-technology-guiding-ukraines-strikes-into-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">has escalated its retaliatory strikes<\/a><\/span> on Russia <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/ukraine-russia-war-drone-attacks-wildberries\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">in recent months<\/a><\/span>, partly to pressure Moscow to the negotiating table after nearly four-and-a-half years of war. Ukraine has targeted energy and logistics infrastructure.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Putin <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/putin-ukrainian-strikes-infrastructure-problems-russia\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">acknowledged in June<\/a><\/span> that Ukrainian strikes were causing &#8220;problems&#8221; for Russia, saying they were &#8220;observing a certain shortage, but it&#8217;s not critical.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Russian online retail giant Wildberries said Friday its logistics facility in Volgograd caught fire after an overnight attack \u2014 the latest in a series of strikes on the company&#8217;s facilities.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv has accused the e-commerce giant \u2014 which employs thousands of people and has become a key part of the economy \u2014 of storing drone parts and helping the Russian army.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-zelenskyy-netanyahu-meeting-iran-ukraine-war\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">met with President Trump <\/a>this week for talks, as Kyiv and Moscow carried out long-range strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said his meeting with Mr. Trump was &#8220;good&#8221; and that they discussed the licenses for the production of Patriot missile interceptors, critical in Ukraine&#8217;s efforts to combat Moscow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump and Zelenskyy most recently met earlier this month on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in Turkey, where Mr. Trump announced the U.S. would allow Ukraine to\u00a0<span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-ukraine-license-patriot-missiles-zelenskyy\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">build its own<\/a><\/span>\u00a0Patriot missiles.\u00a0<\/p>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n<p class=\"content__meta--contributors\">\n<p>                                  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/team\/kathryn-watson\/\" class=\"byline__author__link\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Kathryn  Watson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>        contributed to this report.\n    <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p>  <!-- data-recirc-source=\"chartbeat\" --><\/p>\n<aside class=\"component list recirculation component--type-recirculation  component--type-recirculation-collection\">\n<\/aside>\n<section class=\"content__body--footer\">\n      <!-- tags --><\/p>\n<section class=\"content__tags\">\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian strikes on Ukraine&#8217;s capital killed at least four people and wounded more than a dozen others, local officials said Saturday local time, after Kyiv&#8217;s mayor warned of a ballistic missile attack. 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