The Ukrainian president said three Russian \u201cshadow fleet\u201d tankers were also hit in the Black Sea.<\/p>\n
It comes after a major Russian aerial assault on Kyiv and other cities <\/a>this morning, which Ukrainian authorities said killed at least six people and injured 16 others. <\/p>\n The attack on Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s capital is believed to be the biggest ballistic missile attack of the war. <\/p>\n The Kyiv government said firefighters were responding to blazes in five different districts after the attack, one of the biggest in recent weeks<\/a>, hit residential buildings, office and industrial sites, a dormitory and vehicles.<\/p>\n Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said the raid involved \u201caround four dozen\u201d ballistic missiles, the largest number in a single attack since the war began.<\/p>\n The attack on Kyiv comes a day after Ukrainian drone strikes killed at least nine people at warehouses belonging to a major Russian shopping website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> said the strikes targeted \u201csignificant logistical facilities\u201d, accusing Wildberries of providing equipment for drones and navigation equipment for the Russian military.<\/p>\n <\/a>Recap: Russia pounds Kyiv with 41 different types of missiles in overnight attack<\/p>\n Russia hit Kyiv with an overnight onslaught involving 41 different types of missiles in the early hours of Sunday morning, Volodymyr Zelensky said.<\/p>\n Residential buildings, warehouses, a supermarket and a dormitory were among the structures damaged, said Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, adding that three people were \u2060in a serious condition.<\/p>\n At one location in western Kyiv, emergency workers picked through smouldering debris \u2060and doused bombed-out apartments.<\/p>\n Closer to the city centre, the strikes damaged a frequently targeted metro \u200cstation and destroyed an underground pedestrian passage nearby, leaving a pile of \u200crubble.<\/p>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane19 July 2026 20:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Kyiv residents react to Russian strikes<\/p>\n Residents in Kyiv have spoken of their determination and fear after Russia launched an overnight onslaught of strikes on the capital.<\/p>\n A resident who identified himself as Vlad told Reuters he had been inside his \u200bapartment when \u2060a blast tore off his balcony door, which \u200csmashed him in the head.<\/p>\n “My grandmother lives with me, and she can’t walk. How could I run away and leave her behind?” he said.<\/p>\n Others continued ordinary life with quiet resilience. Later on Sunday, \u2060workers cleared rubble from around the damaged Kyiv metro station and caved-in underpass as passersby looked on, \u2060seemingly unfazed.<\/p>\n Fruit vendors resumed business as usual in their makeshift stalls as an excavator poured debris into a dump truck in the background.<\/p>\n “Kyiv will \u200cflourish,” said Iryna Lomeyko, 68, \u200bhinting at the stubborn normality of a neighbourhood that has \u200cbeen heavily damaged by repeated Russian strikes.<\/p>\n “Those idiots destroy \u200beverything, but we’ll repair it and build anew,” she added. “Everything will be alright.” <\/p>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane19 July 2026 19:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Watch: Russia pounds Kyiv with ballistic missiles leaving one dead and 13 injuredRussia pounds Kyiv with ballistic missiles leaving one dead and 13 injured<\/p>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane19 July 2026 18:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Death toll from Russian strikes rises to six<\/p>\n The number of people killed after a Russian attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities has risen to six, authorities said.<\/p>\n Dozens of others were wounded after Russia launched 41 missiles and 125 drones across Ukraine overnight, according to the Ukrainian air force. <\/p>\n President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said most of the missiles had targeted the capital.<\/p>\n Later on Sunday, a Russian attack on a postal facility near Ukraine’s second-largest city of Kharkiv killed three people and wounded at least 20, according to the regional administration.<\/p>\n Russian guided bombs also hit the cities of Kherson and Sumy, local authorities and Ukraine’s emergency service reported, with each of the strikes leaving at least one person dead.<\/p>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane19 July 2026 17:27<\/p>\n <\/a>Recap: Russian online retail warehouses hit by Ukraine drones in deadly attack<\/p>\n Waves of Ukrainian drone attacks hit Russian oil depots and businesses \u2013 including two warehouses for a key online retailer \u2013 on Saturday, killing at least nine people.<\/p>\n Kyiv’s forces are continuing their relentless aerial campaign against energy infrastructure and military targets inside Russia, aiming to undermine Moscow\u2019s war effort and make Russians feel the consequences of the Kremlin’s all-out invasion of Ukraine that is well into its fifth year.<\/p>\n Two sprawling facilities used by major Russian retailer, Wildberries, were hit: one in the town of Kotovsk in the Tambov region, roughly 220 miles from the border with Ukraine, and another one in the city of Elektrostal, about some 30 miles east of Moscow.<\/p>\n A Ukrainian drone also hit an oil depot in the city of Noginsk, just north of Elektrostal, sparking a fire and prompting evacuations of a nearby maternity hospital and a residential building.<\/p>\n You can read the full report below:<\/p>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane19 July 2026 17:00<\/p>\n <\/a>In pictures: Kyiv surveys damage from overnight Russian onslaught Nicole Wootton-Cane19 July 2026 16:00<\/p>\n <\/a>Zelensky calls for ‘acceleration’ from European partners over air defence<\/p>\n President Volodymyr Zelensky has called for an \u201cacceleration\u201d from Ukraine\u2019s European partners in providing air defence systems following a major aerial assault from Russia overnight.<\/p>\n In a post on X, the Ukrainian president said it is \u201cvery important\u201d that both the US and EU understand \u201cthat air defence missiles are needed to protect lives literally every single day\u201d.<\/p>\n The provision of US-made Patriot air defence systems has becoming a growing issue in the war as Zelensky continues to appeal to the US for stocks to be directed to Ukraine.<\/p>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane19 July 2026 15:30<\/p>\n <\/a>Russian deals and a Ukrainian hit job: Inside Monaco\u2019s darkest chapter<\/p>\n Tainted by murder, money laundering and now a parcel bomb with a suspect reportedly shot dead in Kyiv, Monaco, Helen Kirwan-Taylor explores the dark underbelly of the iconic Mediterranean resort.<\/p>\n Nicole Wootton-Cane19 July 2026 15:00<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2286117159...jpeg\")
A weapons officer checks the missile parts at the metro station after a large-scale attack overnight (Getty)<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2286117262...jpeg\")
A Ukrainian man holds his dog looking at the damage to this apartment building (Getty)![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2286120498...jpeg\")
A local resident cleans his damaged apartment (AFP\/Getty)![\"People](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2286120764...jpeg\")
People walk past damaged cars parked in a street following missile strikes in Kyiv (AFP\/Getty)<\/p>\n