July 31, 2025

Editor’s note: This story has been updated following a correction from Kyiv City Military Administration Head Tymur Tkachenko. The information regarding a mother and child being injured was not confirmed.

Kyiv experienced multiple explosions across the capital late on July 30 and overnight, as swarms of Russian drones were followed by missile strikes, according to Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground.

The attack left two people killed, including a woman, whose body was retrieved from under rubble, and left 48 others injured, according to local authorities. Three police officers were among the injured. Overall, 29 people required hospitalization as of approximately 7:00 a.m. local time.

“Kyiv is under massive drone attack. Make no mistake, this is Putin’s response to President (Donald) Trump’s deadline,” Meaghan Mobbs, daughter of U.S. Special Envoy for Ukraine Keith Kellogg, wrote on X. “He is testing American resolve and strength. We must not be found wanting.”

Some 10 locations around the city were hit, mainly in the city’s Solomianskyi district, where an educational institution and a residential building had been targeted, Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city’s military administration, wrote in his official Telegram channel. Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district also came under attack: initial damage included a fire at one site, burning vehicles nearby, and debris striking the ninth floor of a residential building.

Following the end of the air raid siren at 3:20 a.m. local time, the threat quickly resumed at approximately 4:30 a.m., with the Air Force warning of renewed missile threats toward Kyiv.

Shortly after, another round of explosions was heard in the skies over Ukraine’s capital, local media reported.

The renewed missile barrage caused further damage, with a residential building reported to be hit and victims trapped under rubble, according to President Volodymyr Zelensky, who shared video footage of the scene. First responders have been dispatched to the site of the attack.

Windows were shattered in the children’s wing of a hospital in Shevchenkivskyi district, Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said, adding that no injuries were reported at the site.

A residential building and a car are burning in the Holosiivskyi district as a result of the attack, Tkachenko reported at about 6 a.m. local time.

The overnight drone attack came shortly after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose new tariffs on Russia within 10 days unless the Kremlin agrees to halt its full-scale war against Ukraine.

“Ten days from today. And then we’re gonna put on tariffs and stuff,” Trump said on July 29 in an audio clip released by the White House. “I don’t know if it’s gonna affect Russia, because he [Russian President Vladimir Putin] wants to obviously probably keep the war going, but we’re gonna put tariffs and various things.”

The new measures are expected to include secondary sanctions targeting countries that continue to buy Russian oil, gas, and other commodities, including China and India.

Trump initially gave Russia 50 days to agree to a peace deal, warning on July 14 of “severe” tariffs of up to 100%. On July 28, he said he was no longer willing to wait that long.

“There’s no reason in waiting,” Trump said. “It’s 50 days, I wanted to be generous, but we just don’t see any progress being made.”

https://kyivindependent.com/massive-fires-reported-in-kyiv-amid-russias-latest-drone-attack