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Another 86 people were injured in the Russian drone and missile barrage. A hotel in Kyiv’s central boulevard was also on fire, officials said.
Moscow said it had hit military and energy facilities around Kyiv, as well as military airports in several other regions, in retaliation for Ukraine's attack on civil infrastructure.
The attack comes hours after president Volodymyr Zelensky warned Russia was planning a massive night-time attack and said he was cutting short his visit to Dublin for the start of Ireland's six-month term in the rotating presidency of the EU.
Ukraine’s commander-in-chief Oleksandr Syrskyi had also said Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered his military to find ways in which Russia can launch new offensive operations on Ukraine to capture Kyiv.
These include Russian offensives launched from Belarusian territory to capture the Ukrainian capital and its surrounding areas, Syrskyi said.
Ukraine, Putin or call centre fraud: The theories behind assassination attempt on Ukrainian tycoon in Monaco
Vadym Iermolaiev was returning to his apartment in Monaco on a warm summer night last Monday with a woman and child when the bomb exploded.
Within seconds, the Ukrainian oligarch and the woman and child were lying covered in blood on the floor outside the building on the Rue Révérend-Père-Louis-Frolla.
The suspect, who dropped a suspected parcel bomb in the lobby, had already fled the scene. A manhunt to locate him is ongoing, while Iermolaiev and the other two victims are being treated for serious injuries at the Pasteur Hospital in Nice.
Two days since the attack, the case remains shrouded in mystery with sources offering various theories for why Iermolaiev, one of Ukraine’s richest men, was targeted.
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Alex Croft2 July 2026 11:02
Kyrgyzstan asks neighbours to boost fuel supplies amid Russian shortages
Kyrgyzstan has asked Kazakhstan, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan to help ensure stable fuel supplies late on Wednesday, amid concerns over potential shortages linked to Ukraine's drone strikes against Russian oil refineries.
The Central Asian country of 7 million people imports more than 90 per cent of its gasoline from Russia, which is itself facing acute fuel shortages following Ukrainian strikes on energy infrastructure.
Russian president Vladimir Putin said last week that Moscow may ban diesel exports, acknowledging mounting domestic shortages.
"To ensure sustainable fuel supplies, official requests have been sent to the relevant government authorities of the Russian Federation, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Azerbaijan, the Republic of Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan", Kyrgyzstan's energy ministry said in a statement.
The ministry said fuel stocks remain sufficient and supplies are proceeding as planned. In June, Kyrgyz authorities introduced price controls on some retail fuel sales.
Alex Croft2 July 2026 10:39
Death toll in Russian attack on Kyiv rises to 17, with 86 injured
The death toll following a Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv early on Thursday has risen to 17, Ukraine's emergency services said.
Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko earlier said 13 had been killed and another 86 injured.
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said 20 residential buildings were damaged across the city.
The Emergency Service says it deployed nearly 500 personnel and 100 units of specialized vehicles, including a helicopter, to deal with the aftermath of the attack.
Alex Croft2 July 2026 10:17
Taiwan turns to drones as it seeks to replicate Ukraine's stellar defence
Taiwan needs a "hornet's nest" of drones to help deter conflict and provide security, the top US diplomat to the democratically governed island said on Thursday.
Taiwan says it needs to bolster its defences in the face of a stepped-up threat from China, which claims the island as its own territory.
The US and Taiwan can anchor "democratic" drone production and strengthen the collective deterrence posture of the free world, said Raymond Greene, director of the American Institute in Taiwan and the de facto US ambassador.
"Fortunately for Taiwan, drones have significantly boosted defenders, even when facing overwhelming odds," he added, referring to the war in Ukraine.
"Nothing will deter conflict more effectively than turning Taiwan into a hornet's nest of air, surface, and subsurface drones."
Alex Croft2 July 2026 09:55
Moscow: Kyiv attack was retaliation for Ukrainian attacks on our infrastructure
As we’ve been reporting, Russia has conducted a massive and deadly attack on Ukraine's capital of Kyiv.
The attack also targeted locations using long-range, high-precision air-, land-, sea-launched weapons and drones, the Russian Defence Ministry has now said in a Telegram post on Thursday.
The ministry added it hit military and energy facilities around Kyiv, as well as military airports in several regions including in Poltava and Dnipropetrovsk - adding that it was retaliation for Ukraine's attack on civil infrastructure.
Alex Croft2 July 2026 09:33
Kallas: Words of condemnation will not stop Russia - we need more sanctions
We’ve just heard from European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, who has responded to Russia’s large scale attack on Kyiv.
She said on Thursday she would propose more sanctions against Russia following a new wave of Russian attacks on Ukraine.
“Words of condemnation alone will not stop attacks on Kyiv. Only sustained military support for Ukraine and increased pressure on Moscow can do that,” she wrote on X.
"Today, I will propose to sanction more entities supporting Russia's military-industrial complex in response to the strikes. The more Moscow attacks civilians, the more sanctions must be imposed.”
Alex Croft2 July 2026 09:11
Russia says it hit 'key military plants' in Kyiv
Russia's Defence Ministry said that its forces had hit what it called key military plants during overnight strikes on Kyiv which left at least 13 dead and dozens injured.
The Ukrainian Air Force said Moscow launched 74 missiles and 496 drones in the attack, which has left at least 86 injured, with the possibility that the casualty toll may yet rise.
Alex Croft2 July 2026 08:51
Watch: Explosions light up Kyiv skyline as Russian attacks rain down on Ukraine's capital
Alex Croft2 July 2026 08:30
Ukraine strikes oil refinery in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region, says Kyiv
Ukrainian forces struck the Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez oil refinery in the town of Kstovo in Russia's Nizhny Novgorod region overnight, the Ukrainian General Staff said on Thursday.
According to preliminary data, a primary crude oil processing unit was hit, the General Staff said on Telegram, adding that the extent of the damage was being clarified.
We’ll bring you more on the attack as we get it.
Alex Croft2 July 2026 08:11
Russia launches 74 missiles and 496 drones at Ukraine overnight
Russia launched 74 missiles and 496 drones overnight at Ukraine, Ukraine's air force said on Thursday.
It said on Telegram that air defence units downed or neutralised 48 missiles and 476 drones, but 25 ballistics missiles and 12 drones hit 33 locations.
The capital Kyiv was the main target of the attack, it said.
Alex Croft2 July 2026 07:55
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