Two-year-old among 28 dead in Thursday’s Russian attack on Kyiv

Rescuers work in a destroyed apartment building after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on July 31, 2025. (AP)
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Updated 01 August 2025
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Two-year-old among 28 dead in Thursday’s Russian attack on Kyiv

  • City authorities declared Friday a day of mourning as rescue operations continued

KYIV: A two-year-old child was found dead in the rubble after Thursday’s sweeping Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv, Ukraine’s prime minister said on Friday, taking the death toll to 28, with over 150 wounded.

The toddler was the third child to have died in the attack, in which Russia launched more than 300 drones and eight missiles in the early hours of Thursday morning. The other two underage victims were six and 17 years old, the head of Ukrainian presidential office Andriy Yermak said.

The rescue service said 16 of the injured were children, the largest number of children hurt in a single attack on Ukraine’s capital since Russia started its full-scale invasion almost 3-1/2 years ago.

City authorities declared Friday a day of mourning as rescue operations continued.

“This morning, the body of a 2-year-old child was pulled from the rubble, bringing the total dead to 28, of which 3 are children,” Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said on X, adding that over 150 people had been wounded.

“The world possesses every instrument required to ensure Russia is brought to justice. What is lacking is not power – but will,” Svyrydenko said.

US President Donald Trump, speaking to reporters in the Oval Office on Thursday, sharply criticized Russia’s “disgusting” behavior against Ukraine but said he was not sure whether sanctions would deter Russia.

He has given Russian President Vladimir Putin until August 8 to make a deal or else he will respond with economic pressure.


Ukraine’s Zelensky says allies to provide new energy and military aid within 10 days

Updated 15 February 2026
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Ukraine’s Zelensky says allies to provide new energy and military aid within 10 days

  • Kyiv is aiming to rally support among partners as it struggles to fend off Russian battlefield advances and ‌air attacks

KYIV: Ukraine ‌has agreed new energy and military support packages with European allies ahead of ​the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 24, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday.
Kyiv is aiming to rally support among partners as it struggles to fend off Russian battlefield advances and ‌air attacks on ‌its energy system ​while ‌under ⁠US ​pressure to negotiate ⁠peace.
“In Munich, we agreed with the leaders of the Berlin Format on specific packages of energy and military aid for Ukraine by February 24,” Zelensky wrote on ⁠X.
Zelensky said on Friday ‌after a ‌meeting of the so-called Berlin ​Format of about ‌a dozen European leaders in ‌Munich that he had hoped for new support, including air-defense missiles.
“I am grateful to our partners for their ‌readiness to help, and we count on all deliveries arriving promptly,” ⁠he ⁠added.
Russian attacks on major cities such as Kyiv have battered Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, plunging millions of residents into power outages of varying periods in freezing cold weather.
Zelensky added that Russia had launched around 1,300 attack drones, 1,200 guided aerial bombs and dozens ​of ballistic missiles at ​Ukraine over the past week alone.