{"id":359939,"date":"2026-07-02T20:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=359939"},"modified":"2026-07-02T20:33:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T15:03:24","slug":"major-russian-attack-kills-17-in-kyiv-as-ukraine-strikes-batter-moscows-oil-sector-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/02\/major-russian-attack-kills-17-in-kyiv-as-ukraine-strikes-batter-moscows-oil-sector-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Major Russian attack kills 17 in Kyiv as Ukraine strikes batter Moscow\u2019s oil sector – National"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Russia hammered Kyiv in an 11-hour drone and missile attack overnight into Thursday morning, killing at the very least 17 civilians and injuring scores more in what Moscow said was retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil facilities which have caused severe fuel shortages and put pressure on President Vladimir Putin.<\/p>\n

Loud explosions shook the Ukrainian capital for hours through the night, with many individuals sheltering in subway stations after authorities issued air raid warnings. Emergency crews were still digging through the rubble of collapsed and charred apartment buildings in the hunt for victims as dawn broke.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry said in a press release that the deadly bombardment was in response to Ukraine\u2019s long-range strikes on its civilian infrastructure. Ukraine\u2019s increasingly frequent and large-scale attacks \u2014 described by Zelenskyy as a 40-day blitz \u2014 have especially targeted oil refineries, causing a fuel crisis that has frustrated Russians, greater than 4 years after Moscow\u2019s full-scale invasion of its neighbor.<\/p>\n

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Ukrainian officials say they try to force Putin to the negotiating table.<\/p>\n

Diplomatic efforts to finish the war, most recently by the Trump administration, haven\u2019t produced results. Putin thinks that point is on his side, that Western support will peter out and that Ukraine\u2019s resistance will eventually collapse under pressure from strategic bombing, Western analysts say.<\/p>\n

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Ukraine\u2019s top diplomat says it was a \u2018night of horror\u2019 in Kyiv<\/h3>\n

The attack killed 17 people in Kyiv and injured greater than 90 others, in line with Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko.<\/p>\n

Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said it was a \u201cnight of horror\u201d within the capital.<\/p>\n

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Damage was recorded in 30 locations across town, mainly residential buildings and civilian infrastructure, in line with Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration. Some 20 residential buildings were damaged, Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said.<\/p>\n

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Flashes from exploding drones and missiles lit up the night, and loud booms echoed through Kyiv. Tracers from air defense fire streaked through the air as an enormous pall of black smoke rose into the sky.<\/p>\n

Kyiv resident Serhii Budko said three or 4 ballistic missiles hit his district of town. \u201cWe were contained in the shelter and felt the shelter shaking \u2014 the ceiling and floor, every part,\u201d the 24-year-old told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

In Kyiv\u2019s Desnianskyi district, people were trapped inside a damaged nine-story residential constructing, and within the Darnytskyi district six levels of a nine-story constructing collapsed.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s General Staff chief Gen. Valery Gerasimov reported the outcomes of the \u201cmassive retaliatory strike\u201d to Putin, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.<\/p>\n

The bombardment was \u201cexclusively against military or military-linked targets,\u201d Peskov said.<\/p>\n

Russia\u2019s aerial attacks on Ukraine have repeatedly hit civilian areas. Greater than 16,000 Ukrainian civilians have been killed within the war, in line with the United Nations.<\/p>\n

Sybiha said in April that domestic production meets as much as 75 per cent of Ukraine\u2019s military needs and accounts for as much as 95% of long-range strikes against Russia. The placement of the factories making those weapons is secret.<\/p>\n

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Ukrainian officials urge countries to offer more air defenses<\/h3>\n
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