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.


Four arrested after food thrown at Britain’s Crown Jewels

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Four arrested after food thrown at Britain’s Crown Jewels

LONDON: London police said four people were arrested Saturday after food — purportedly apple crumble and custard — were thrown at a display case containing Britain’s priceless Crown Jewels in the Tower of London.
The city’s Metropolitan Police said officers responded “following reports of criminal damage to a display case, containing the State Crown” and that “four protesters threw suspected food onto the case before two left the scene.”
A little-known, self-proclaimed civil resistence group called Take Back Power claimed responsibility, saying its members had thrown apple crumble and custard at the case. It posted a video of the incident on social media.