STORY: Russia unleashed a combined missile and drone attack on Kyiv, killing at least six people, including a child, and wounding dozens more, local officials said on Thursday (July 31).

City military administrator Tymur Tkachenko said the overnight attack had caused damage in 27 locations across four districts of the Ukrainian capital.

Kyiv residents took shelter in the metro while explosions rocked the capital all night overground.

A resident of an apartment building hit in the attack, Yurii Kravchuk, said he tried to warn his sleeping wife of incoming cruise missiles when an explosion hit nearby.

He said an ambulance took his daughter to hospital, where she's being treated for a shrapnel injury.

Russia, which denies targeting civilians, has in recent months stepped up air strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities far from the front line of its invasion, now in its fourth year.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Russia launched over 300 drones and eight missiles in the attack on Ukraine overnight.

U.S. President Donald Trump, signalling frustration with his Russian counterpart, shortened a deadline this week for Russia President Vladimir Putin to make peace.

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VIDEO SHOWS: PEOPLE IN METRO STATION DURING AIR RAID ALERT / RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ON FIRE AFTER ATTACK / SOUNDBITE FROM LOCAL RESIDENT / DAMAGED UNIVERSITY BUILDING

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SHOWS: KYIV, UKRAINE (JULY 31, 2025) (REUTERS - Access all)

1. PEOPLE SLEEPING, PERSON WALKING IN UNDERGROUND METRO STATION, CLOCK SHOWING 2:07 A.M.

2. FLOOR

3. PERSON SLEEPING, COVERING FACE WITH BLANKET

4. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SITTING, SLEEPING

5. WOMAN SCROLLING THROUGH HER PHONE

6. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE INSIDE METRO

7. WOMAN TELLING HER DOG TO STAY SILENT

8. VARIOUS OF PEOPLE SLEEPING

9. LOCAL RESIDENT IN SLEEPING ROBE WITH INJURED FOOT, STANDING NEAR DAMAGED CAR

10. VARIOUS OF OF BALCONIES ON FIRE

11. (SOUNDBITE) (Ukrainian) LOCAL RESIDENT, YURII KRAVCHUK, 62 YEARS OLD, INJURED IN ATTACK, SAYING:

"There was a second air raid alert. I got up, took my phone and saw that five cruise missiles (were headed for Kyiv). I tried to wake up my wife, but then... there were explosions, and that was it. Our daughter is now in the hospital."

12. KRAVCHUK WALKING OVER RUBBLE

13. VARIOUS OF FIRE

14. PEOPLE LEAVING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING / DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

15. SMOKE RISING

16. LOCAL RESIDENTS WITH CATS

17. YOUNG MAN FILMING RESIDENTIAL BUILDING ON FIRE, DAMAGED CARS

18. PEOPLE LOOKING ON

19. VARIOUS OF HEAVILY DAMAGED RESIDENTIAL BUILDING

20. PEOPLE WALKING PAST FIRE VEHICLE

21. RUBBLE, PEOPLE

22. WOMAN REACTING

23. FIRE

24. PEOPLE WALKING OVER RUBBLE

25. (NIGHT SHOT) DAMAGED UNIVERSITY BUILDING

26. (NIGHT SHOT) VARIOUS OF DAMAGED CARS