- Russia launched missiles and drones at Kyiv and other regions across Ukraine.
- Kyiv's mayor said at least 10 people were killed and 34 injured.
- Poland scrambled fighter jets as neighboring countries monitored the attack.
Russia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine Thursday, targeting Kyiv and other regions across the country.
Russia's Defense Ministry said that it carried out a "massive strike using long-range precision air, land, and sea-based weapons and attack drones."
Moscow said the strikes targeted military-industrial facilities, fuel and energy complexes in Kyiv and the Kyiv region, as well as military airfields in the Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Cherkasy and Chernihiv regions.
"Kyiv is under attack from ballistic missiles and UAVs," Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said
on Telegram, adding that there were 10 deaths and 34 injured.
It was not immediately clear how many missiles and drones were launched at Ukraine, or how many Ukraine had managed to intercept.
Finland
had temporarily imposed an "aviation restriction zone" in the eastern Gulf of the country before lifting it.
Poland
also scrambled fighter jets in response to the attack, saying on X that "gighter jets have begun operating, while ground-based air defense systems and radar reconnaissance have reached a state of readiness."
"These actions are of a preventive nature and are aimed at securing and protecting the airspace, especially in areas adjacent to the threatened regions," it added.
Olga Stefanishyna, Ukraine's ambassador to the U.S.,
said on X that residents spent the night in shelters. Kyiv was seeing fires and the destruction of residential buildings in several districts of the city, she said
CNBC has reached out to Russia's defense ministry for comment.
This is breaking news, please check back for updates.<small>Source: CNBC</small>
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Russia launches massive strike on Ukraine as Poland scrambles jets, Finland restricts airspace
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July 02, 2026
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