Kyiv’s Russian strikes kill six and hurt more than 50, Ukrainian officials say

At least six people were killed and over 50 other injured after a barrage of Russian drones and missiles hit Kiev overnight, Ukrainian officials said.

One of the dead includes a six -year -old boy, while three other victims were confirmed at the scene of an apartment block that collapsed after a strike.

Timur Tkachenko, Head of the Kiev Military Administration, said the death number could increase with more than two dozen places in the Ukrainian capital.

Russian attacks continue, despite the threat of US President Donald Trump to impose more sanctions on Moscow if Russian leader Vladimir Putin disagreed to end the fire until August 8.

Igor Klimenko, Minister of the Interior of Ukraine, said: “One of the blows struck a residential building with a tall building, the whole entrance was destroyed. The rescuers clear the rubble.”

Swatoshinski and the regions of Sviatosh and Solomaans of Kiev were most affected by the attack where one man was killed and another 20 were injured, according to Klamenko.

The windows of the hospital ward for children in the Shevchenkievski neighborhood have been blown up by a shockwave, said Mayor of Kiev, Vitali Klitschko, TELEGRAM told.

One of the institutions for higher education of Kiev, school and kindergarten were also damaged during the attack.

In the publication of X Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andri Sibiha, he said that he was “terrible in the morning” in Kiev and that there are “still people under the ruins”.

Sibiha added that Trump was “very generous and patient” with Putin, but now is the time to exert a “maximum pressure on Moscow” through sanctions.

Earlier in July, Trump set a 50-day deadline for the Kremlin to reach a truce with Kiev or risk economic penalties.

On Monday, during a visit to the UK, Trump Reduce this period to “ten or 12 days”, expressing his disapproval of Putin’s actions in Ukraine, more than three years since Moscow began his entire invasion of the country.

Trump did not say if he thought the Russian president was “lying” to him, but he said there was a discrepancy between Putin’s rhetoric during their conversations one of one and the rockets “lobby” of Ukrainian cities.

“We would stop and maybe peace … And suddenly you have rockets flying in Kiev and other places,” Trump said.