Massive raid on Kiev: the main thing about the attack on the capital on 4 July

On the night of 4 July, the Ukrainian capital came under a massive combined strike from Russia. The enemy used Shahed-type drones and ballistic missiles simultaneously. As a result of the attack, numerous destructions, fires and a significant number of civilian casualties were recorded.

Combined attack: drones and missiles

According to the Air Command, since the evening of 3 July, a large number of Shahed kamikaze drones began to be recorded in Ukrainian airspace. After 2 a.m., ballistic missiles aimed at the capital were added to them.

The strikes hit different districts of Kiev. A man was wounded in the Goloseevsky district as a result of the attack. There are also reports of drone debris falling in Shevchenkivskyi, Solomenskyi, Goloseevskyi and Darnitskyi districts - mostly near residential buildings. Medics travelled to calls in several districts of the capital, where help was needed both for those injured on the spot and those who had to be hospitalised.

Official figures: 23 injured

According to the head of the Kyiv City Military Administration Serhiy Popko, as well as Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko, as of the morning of 4 July, 23 people are known to have been injured as a result of the enemy attack. Of these, 14 people were hospitalised, the rest were treated as outpatients or directly on the spot.

Among the wounded are men and women aged 25 to 57. According to the Ministry of Health, there were injuries of various degrees of severity: polytraumas, burns and cut wounds. Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko also said that a 10-year-old girl was among the injured.

Destruction and fires in different neighbourhoods

The attack caused destruction and fires in several districts of Kiev. According to the State Emergency Situations Service, the greatest damage was recorded in the following locations:

• Solomensky district:

  • Partial destruction of a five-storey residential building.

  • Fire on the roof of a 7-storey building - the area of fire was 2000 sq. m.

  • A warehouse, the territory of a service station and a garage cooperative were damaged.

• Svyatoshinsky district:

  • A 14-storey residential building was damaged by debris.

  • Parked cars caught fire.

  • There were fires in non-residential buildings, extinguishing continues.

• Shevchenko district:

  • An unpopulated eight-storey residential building was damaged, there was destruction on the ground floor.

  • The fire was recorded in the private sector.

• Darnitsky and Goloseevsky districts:

  • The debris of drones fell on an open area. Fires and detonations were avoided in these locations.

• Dniprovsky district:

  • The debris fell into the courtyard of residential buildings and on the territory of one of the educational institutions. No fires were recorded.

Work of services and transport during the alarm

Emergency services - rescuers of the State Emergency Situations Service, police, medics - began to work at the sites of blows from the first minutes. The mayor's office urged the capital's residents to close their windows, as high concentration of combustion products was recorded in the air.

The air alert in Kiev began on 3 July at 17:15 because of the threat of drone attacks and lasted until 19:24. However, the alarm was sounded again at about 20:00. During the evening rush hour, the metro partially suspended the movement of trains on the above-ground sections. Underground stations continued to be used as shelters.