STORY: Eyewitness video captured on Friday (July 4) dramatic moment of Russian drone exploding in a Kyiv residential area as Russia pummelled the capital with drones in an all-night attack.

Air raid alerts lasted more than eight hours overnight with several waves of attacks, with Russia launching a total of 539 drones and 11 missiles targeting the Ukrainian territory, Ukraine's Air Force said.

Damage was recorded in six of Kyiv's 10 districts on both sides of the Dnipro River bisecting the city and falling drone debris set a medical facility on fire in the leafy Holosiivskyi district, Klitschko said.

The attacks were the latest in a series of Russian air strikes on Kyiv that have intensified in recent weeks and included some of the deadliest assaults of the war on the city of three million people.

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VIDEO SHOWS: DRONE EXPLODING IN RESIDENTIAL AREA, FLAMES AFTER EXPLOSION

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SHOWS: KYIV, UKRAINE (JULY 4, 2025) (VIDEO OBTAINED BY REUTERS - No resale)

1. VIEW OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING SEEN FROM WINDOW OF ANOTHER RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, AUDIO OF DRONE APPROACHING, DRONE EXPLODING, FLAMES