{"id":51522,"date":"2026-07-19T16:55:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/?p=51522"},"modified":"2026-07-19T16:55:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-19T11:10:30","slug":"russia-launches-major-ballistic-missile-attack-on-kyiv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nepalsamaj.com\/en\/russia-launches-major-ballistic-missile-attack-on-kyiv\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia launches major ballistic missile attack on Kyiv"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BBC: Russia has carried out a wave of ballistic missile strikes on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, killing one person and wounding at least 14, officials say.<\/p>\n

A number of areas in the region were hit overnight. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called it “one of the most massive ballistic attacks on Kyiv” since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian military said air defences had shot down 18 out of 41 missiles. The systems also intercepted 108 drones.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile Ukraine has continued its assault on Russian sites. Drones hit two Russian oil tankers in the Black Sea, the Ukrainian military said.<\/p>\n

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which carries Kazakhstan’s Caspian oil to Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, said its terminal had been hit, but there were no injuries or oil spills.<\/p>\n

Separately, the governor of Russia’s south-western Stavropol region said a drone attack had caused a fire in an industrial park.<\/p>\n

The latest strikes on Kyiv involved a range of Russian weapons systems, including Iskander and hypersonic Zircon missiles, as well as 125 drones, the Ukrainian air force said.<\/p>\n

On Sunday Kyiv Mayor Vitaliy Klitschko said both residential and non-residential buildings had been damaged in the latest attacks, including a supermarket and a dormitory.<\/p>\n

Firefighters have been battling blazes at two warehouses.<\/p>\n

In his message on Telegram, Zelensky said in the past week Russia had “used about 1,450 strike drones, more than 1,640 guided bombs and 99 missiles of various types against Ukraine”.<\/p>\n

The overnight strikes came after Ukraine sent drones to destroy two warehouses belonging to Russia’s biggest online retailer, Wildberries, killing eight people and causing major fires.<\/p>\n

Seven deaths and 25 injuries occurred at a facility in the city of Tambov, about 295 miles (475km) south-east of Moscow. One death and 37 injuries occurred at another Wildberries warehouse in Elektrostal near the capital.<\/p>\n

On Saturday, Zelensky said Ukraine’s operations were in response to “Russian strikes on our civilian infrastructure and on our cities and communities”.<\/p>\n

Wildberries is often described as the Russian equivalent of Amazon. The RWB group, which combines Wildberries with advertising company Russ, was valued at about $12.6bn (\u00a39.3bn) by Forbes Russia in 2026.<\/p>\n

Ukraine has recently intensified its long-range drone attacks on Russia’s critical energy infrastructure, causing widespread fuel shortages. Earlier this month, Kyiv said nearly 43% of Russia’s oil refining capacity had been “disabled” as a result.<\/p>\n

The BBC has not independently verified this figure.<\/p>\n

Ukraine says Russian oil and gas facilities are legitimate targets as Moscow relies heavily on fossil fuel exports to finance its full-scale invasion, which began in February 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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