{"id":668,"date":"2026-07-06T07:54:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=668"},"modified":"2026-07-06T07:54:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T02:54:15","slug":"russian-attack-on-kyiv-kills-three-hits-apartments-other-buildings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=668","title":{"rendered":"Russian attack on Kyiv kills three, hits apartments, other buildings"},"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 data-article-body=\"true\" data-body-type=\"bodyblocks\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">July 6 (Reuters) &#8211; Russian missiles and drones struck the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Monday, killing at least three \u200cpeople and hitting apartment blocks and other buildings, Tymur Tkachenko, \u200chead of the city&#8217;s military administration, said on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Rescue crews were pulling residents from \u200bbuildings shattered by the overnight barrage, said Kyiv&#8217;s Mayor Vitali Klitschko.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tkachenko had earlier said seven people had been injured in the assault. He said four residential buildings had been struck in the historic Podilskyi \u200cdistrict alone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Klitschko said on \u2060Telegram that rescuers were pulling residents from apartments in a badly damaged residential building in the area.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;From a \u2060building in the Podilskyi district, where a partial collapse occurred, rescuers evacuated 15 people,&#8221; he wrote on Telegram. &#8220;Three women and six children were \u200btaken down \u200bfrom the upper floors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Tkachenko also \u200bsaid three apartment buildings had \u200cbeen hit in the eastern Darnytskyi district, where many died in a strike last Thursday, when Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at the city, killing at least 30 people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Reuters witnesses reported a series of explosions in and around the capital and \u200csaid air defences were in action \u200bagainst Russian drones.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Pictures posted on unofficial Telegram \u200bchannels showed several high-rise \u200bapartment buildings and a commercial building ablaze after being \u200cstruck. Other pictures showed serious \u200bdamage to building \u200binteriors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Bloggers told residents to shut their windows as smoke settled over the city. Residents crowded into shelters in the city&#8217;s metro \u200band in underground \u200cparking garages.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had earlier warned residents of an \u200bimminent Russian attack.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(Reporting by Ron Popeski; Editing by Cynthia \u200bOsterman, Tom Hogue and Michael Perry)<\/p>\n<\/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>July 6 (Reuters) &#8211; Russian missiles and drones struck the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Monday, killing at least three \u200cpeople and hitting apartment blocks and other buildings, Tymur Tkachenko, \u200chead of the city&#8217;s military administration, said on Telegram. 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