{"id":32632,"date":"2026-08-08T14:35:36","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32632"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:35:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:35:36","slug":"russian-attacks-kill-4-in-kyiv-and-surrounding-region-as-air-defenses-fall-short","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=32632","title":{"rendered":"Russian attacks kill 4 in Kyiv and surrounding region as air defenses fall short"},"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<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2Fnewspress-collage-k1y6fow53-1786180717778.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall%261786166390\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Four people, including a child, were killed in Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and the surrounding region, local officials said Saturday, as Ukraine hit another oil refinery in Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Residents endure\u00a0regular drone and missile barrages\u00a0that <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/05\/world-news\/why-russias-ballistic-missiles-are-increasingly-getting-through-ukrainian-defenses\/\">Kyiv\u2019s depleted air defenses are\u00a0struggling to counter<\/a>\u00a0amid Moscow\u2019s 4-year-old\u00a0full-scale invasion, while repeated <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/09\/world-news\/ukrainian-drones-batter-russian-oil-facilities-set-more-oil-tankers-ablaze\/\">Ukrainian strikes on oil facilities<\/a> have\u00a0caused fuel shortages\u00a0and rattled Russians.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Grandparents and grandson killed in Ukraine\u2019s Kyiv region<\/h2>\n<p>Two grandparents and their 3-year-old grandson were killed after multiple Russian drones destroyed their home in the Brovary district of Kyiv region, northeast of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, early Saturday.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Firefighters work at a car garage compound damaged in overnight Russian missile strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, Aug. 8, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Three other members of the same family and a neighbor who came to their aid were hospitalized, local authorities said. The attack reduced the house to rubble and wrecked outbuildings and cars.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>In the city of Kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at least one other person died in a \u201cstrike involving six ballistic missiles against civilian infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In its daily report, Ukraine\u2019s air force said it had downed or intercepted 135 of 151 drones launched by Russia overnight. The attack also involved six ballistic missiles and other guided missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has relentlessly pounded civilian areas of Ukraine, even though Moscow insists its forces target only military facilities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A building burns following Russian ballistic missile strikes in the Kyiv region, Aug. 8, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">Ukrainian State Emergency Service\/AFP via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Moscow is exploiting <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/06\/world-news\/zelensky-slams-worlds-absurd-lack-of-interceptor-missiles-after-deadly-russian-attack-on-kyiv\/\">Ukraine\u2019s critical shortage of interceptors for the\u00a0US-made Patriot systems<\/a>,\u00a0the sole air defense weapon in its arsenal able to shoot down ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky has pleaded with other countries, especially the US, to send more of the ammunition made scarcer by the\u00a0Iran war.<\/p>\n<p>Failing that, he wants to\u00a0make Patriot ammunition in Ukraine\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/29\/us-news\/elon-musk-shutting-down-starlink-on-russian-killer-drones\/\">win permission\u00a0from Elon Musk to use his\u00a0Starlink satellite communications system<\/a>\u00a0to guide strikes inside Russia that can hit its missile launchers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Firefighters battle fires at a car garage compound following overnight Russian missile strikes in Kyiv, Aug. 8, 2026. <span class=\"credit\">via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Following the latest attacks, Zelensky appealed on X for more sanctions to \u201cprevent the production of these ballistic missiles,\u201d along with \u201canti-ballistic capabilities\u201d and \u201cinterceptor missiles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s air defenses shot down around 5,300 drones and missiles last month, Ukraine\u2019s defense ministry said Friday, just under 60% of the around 9,000 attack drones and missiles Russia fired in the same period.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ukraine strikes a Russian oil facility<\/h2>\n<p>In Russia, five people were wounded when a fire broke out at the Ilsky Oil Refinery in the southern Krasnodar region due to debris from a falling drone, local officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s almost daily long-range drone and missile strikes using domestically developed weapons have\u00a0battered Russian oil facilities\u00a0for months. The operation has brought a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/06\/28\/world-news\/putin-admits-fuel-shortages-as-ukrainian-drones-set-another-russian-oil-refinery-ablaze\/\">fuel crisis that is embarrassing the Kremlin<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Zelensky in Serbia for talks<\/h2>\n<p>The latest attacks came hours after\u00a0Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u00a0arrived Friday for his\u00a0first official visit to Serbia, one of the few European countries that have maintained friendly relations with\u00a0Russia\u00a0despite its invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImportant talks are scheduled for today and tomorrow,\u201d Zelensky said Friday. He added that he will meet with Vucic and Serbia\u2019s Prime Minister Djuro Macut.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will discuss expanding economic ties between our countries, relations with the European Union, and other areas where we can find practical opportunities that benefit our peoples, as well as security issues,\u201d Zelensky said.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/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>Four people, including a child, were killed in Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and the surrounding region, local officials said Saturday, as Ukraine hit another oil refinery in Russia. 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