Ukraine hit by yet another Russia's mass drone, missile attack

President Volodymyr Zelensky on July 21 condemned yet another overnight mass Russian missile and drone strike on Ukraine that killed at least one person and injured eight others as "an assault on humanity."

Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 450 drones and missiles during the attack which lasted several hours, with Kyiv, the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk, and Kharkiv badly hit.

"Russian strikes are always an assault on humanity — in Kyiv, a kindergarten caught fire, along with residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure. Ordinary apartment buildings were damaged in Kharkiv, Ivano-Frankivsk and the region," Zelensky wrote.

Explosions rocked Ukraine's capital, Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground reported at 2:16 a.m. local time, with multiple further explosions and the sound of drones lasting until after 5 a.m.

One person was killed as a result of the Russian attack on Kyiv, Tkachenko reported, later adding that 8 people were injured.

Smoke engulfed Kyiv's Lukianivska subway station as residents took shelter amid the Russian drone attack, local media reported, and a kindergarten in the Dniprovskyi district caught fire.

The attack comes a week after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose “severe” tariffs on Russia in 50 days if there is no peace deal with Ukraine, not the first deadline Washington has imposed on Moscow, a fact not lost on those in Kyiv.

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