Editor’s note: This is a developing story and is being updated.
Russia launched a wave of drones attacks across Ukraine late on July 3, striking a residential building in Kyiv, officials reported.
Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military Administration, confirmed that a fire had broken out on the roof of a residential building in the Obolon district of Kyiv. Mayor Vitalii Klitschko said that there did not appear to be heavy damage or casualties from the fire, however, the details are still being confirmed.
Tkachenko added that debris had fallen in the Dniprovskyi district of Kyiv, landing near a school and several residential buildings. Emergency crews are currently on site.
Debris from a downed drone also landed in an open area of the city’s Solomianskyi district. Preliminary reports indicate no casualties.
Information was not immediately available as to the extent of the damage caused amid the attack.
“Stay in shelters,” Tkachenko wrote on Telegram, urging residents to remain cautious.
The Kyiv Independent journalists on the ground reported hearing multiple rounds of explosions in the capital. Ukraine’s Air Force said drones were active in eastern Kyiv Oblast at the time of the attack.
Elsewhere in the country, downed drones struck property as well as a vehicle in the city of Poltava, regional Governor Volodymyr Kohut said. The attack injured at least one person.
The drone assault comes hours after a phone call between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump, during which the Kremlin said Putin reaffirmed that “Russia will continue to pursue its goals” in Ukraine despite calls for a ceasefire from the West.
Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities have faced intensified drone and missile strikes in recent weeks, with Russia deploying Iranian-designed Shahed drones in record numbers.
Ukrainian officials have warned that continued attacks are aimed at wearing down air defense systems and terrorizing civilians.
Andrea Januta
