Ukraine capital hit by waves of deadly Russian missiles and drones

(6 Jul 2026) RESTRICTIONS SUMMARY: ASSOCIATED PRESS Kyiv, Ukraine - 6 July 2026 1. Mid of destroyed residential building 2. Close destroyed building 3. Mid rescue workers at the site 4. Close destroyed building 5. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Tetiana Lebiedieva, 45, Kyiv resident: "We were about to go to sleep when the alarm went off. I told my child to go to the shelter, but she said, 'I won't go.' I can say I had to force her. As soon as we went outside, everything started to fall. We managed to reach the shelter. It was falling so badly that (dust) started falling on our heads inside the shelter. Then we were told that our house had been hit and that we might not have a place to live anymore. I came back to see it for myself." 6. Mid of Lebiedieva talking with another woman 7. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Tetiana Lebiedieva, 45, Kyiv resident: "I don't know, but I think there are still people there. An elderly woman was living there, most likely she didn't go to the shelter. There was also a family with a small child. I don't know if they made it to the shelter. I don't know." 8. Various of damaged cars 9. Various of first responders at the site 11. Mid of local resident Halina Ivanivna looking at the house 12. SOUNDBITE (Ukrainian) Halina Ivanivna, 61, Kyiv resident: "After the strike, the house started to collapse. Everything was falling down. Water started pouring out and there was smoke everywhere. The emergency services began evacuating everyone. Then there was a second strike. The first one was at around 2 a.m., and about five minutes later there was another one." 13. Mid of destroyed building 14. Mid of local residents 15. Various of destroyed building STORYLINE: Russia launched waves of missiles and drones targeting Kyiv overnight into Monday that killed at least seven people, authorities said, hours after Ukraine’s president warned that another large-scale attack was imminent. Head of Kyiv's City Military Administration Tymur Tkachenko wrote in a post on Telegram that another 24 were injured. A residential building in the Podilskyi district partially collapsed, he said. In the Darnytsia district, several multistory buildings were damaged and people were believed to be trapped under the rubble. Local resident Tetiana Lebiedieva said she and her daughter were headed to sleep before they heard an alarm. The attack, which was still underway early Monday morning, involved waves of ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones. Explosions echoed across the city as civilians sought shelter in metro stations. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned hours earlier of another large-scale Russian attack on the city. Monday's attack comes days after a combined Russian attack killed at least 31 people in Kyiv last week. Zelenskyy renewed calls for Western partners to bolster Ukraine’s air defenses, particularly by supplying more Patriot missiles, saying that failing to replenish them only emboldens Russia to prolong its four-year war, in a post on Telegram late Sunday. AP video shot by Dan Bashakov =========================================================== Clients are reminded to adhere to all listed restrictions and to check the terms of their licence agreements. For further assistance, please contact the AP Archive on: Tel +44(0)2074827482 Email: [email protected]. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...