Ukraine war latest: 14 killed, 40 injured after Putin attacks Kyiv with missiles

The number of people reported wounded in Russia’s overnight attacks on Ukraine has risen to 116, in strikes which killed 14 people in Kyiv and one person in Odesa.

The head of Kyiv’s military administration Tymur Tkachenko said 14 people were killed and 99 others were injured as explosions echoed across the city for hours during the night.

The bombardment demolished a nine-storey residential building, destroying dozens of apartments. Emergency workers were at the scene to rescue people from under the rubble.

Russian drone strikes in the southern port city of Odesa killed one person and injured 17 people, according to Oleh Kiper, head of the regional administration.

Ukraine has reported another heavy day of fighting along the front line, with 186 combat clashes taking place over the past 24 hours.

The most intense fighting came once again in the direction of Pokrovsk, the Donetsk city which has been central in Vladimir Putin’s sights for months. The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said Kyiv’s troops had repelled 56 Russian attacks in the area over the past day of fighting.

Claiming to have inflicted 1,060 casualties on Russia over the same period, Ukraine’s military sai Russia had launched 56 air strikes, deployed more than 3,000 kamikaze drones and fired nearly 5,500 artillery shells in a single day of fighting.

The Ukrainian air force said it shot down 402 of 440 drones – and 26 of 32 missiles – launched by Russia overnight.

The air force said in its daily update that 428 Russian projectiles were intercepted by Ukraine’s air defences, 262 were shot down, and 166 were lost, likely due to electronic warfare techniques.

The attack mostly targeted the capital Kyiv – where 14 people were reported dead– and Odesa, where one person was killed, with at least 75 people reportedly injured.

Donald Trump appeared to snub a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky as he left the G7 leaders’ summit early on Monday night.

According to the Kyiv Independentthe Ukrainian and US presidents were expected to meet on the sidelines of the summit on Tuesday, in what would have been their third face-to-face meeting since January.

But the White House said Mr Trump had left the Canada summit after dinner on Monday with other G7 leaders “because of what’s going on in the Middle East”.

However, Mr Trump – who claimed Tehran’s residents should evacuate and warned that “Iran can not have a nuclear weapon” – said on his social media platform Truth Social that his reason for leaving early “certainly has nothing to do with a ceasefire”, adding: “Much bigger than that … Stay tuned!”

It was not immediately clear as to whether Trump will return for the final day of the summit on Tuesday.

Britain and its G7 allies are expected to announce further sanctions against Russia today, the government said, stepping up pressure on Moscow over the war in Ukraine.

“We are finalising a further sanctions package – and I want to work with all of our G7 partners to squeeze Russia’s energy revenues and reduce the funds they are able to pour into their illegal war,” Sir Keir Starmer is expected to say.

Britain has already sanctioned over 2,300 individuals, entities and ships as part of sanctions against Russia since the 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

“We should take this moment to increase economic pressure and show President (Vladimir) Putin it is in his – and Russia’s interests – to demonstrate he is serious about peace,” Sir Keir is expected to say.

Ukraine’s capital Kyiv has witnessed “one of the most horrific attacks” overnight as Russia fired almost 500 drones and missiles on the war-hit country, Volodymyr Zelensky said.

“More than 440 drones and 32 missiles were used. Kyiv has faced one of the most horrific attacks. Also, overnight, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv and Kyiv regions were attacked,” Mr Zelensky said.

“All the affected are receiving the necessary assistance. 75 people have been reported injured. As of now, 15 people are confirmed dead,” he said.

The Ukrainian president said that it’s still unclear how many remain trapped under the debris.

He added: “Such attacks are pure terrorism. And the whole world, the United States, and Europe must finally respond as a civilized society responds to terrorists.”

A deadly Russian attack on Kyiv during the Group of Seven summit sent signal of disrespect to the US and other partners who have called for an end to the war, Ukraine’s foreign minister said today.

“Putin’s goal is very simple: make the G7 leaders appear weak. Only strong steps and real pressure on Moscow can prove him wrong,” Andrii Sybiha said on X.

Russia’s top presidential security adviser Sergei Shoigu was expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after arriving in Pyongyang “on special instructions” from president Vladimir Putin, Russia’s Tass news agency reported today.

Mr Shoigu will hold talks with the North Korean “leadership on implementing agreements” reached during his visit earlier in June under the comprehensive strategic partnership treaty signed by the two leaders last year, Tass reported.

It did not elaborate on the details of Mr Shoigu’s expected talks or what the Russian president’s instructions were.

The visit by Mr Shoigu is the third in nearly three months as the two countries rapidly advanced diplomatic and security ties in the past two years, including North Korea’s military support for Russia in the war against Ukraine.

Air defence units intercepted and destroyed 147 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, including the Moscow region, overnight, the defence ministry said this morning.

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin earlier said that two Ukrainian drones headed for Moscow had been repelled.