Photos: Russia’s Constant Bombardment of Kyiv
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The Ukrainian capital has been struck by thousands of Russian missiles and drones since the start of the invasion in 2022. Russia has recently stepped up its long-range attacks on the city, killing dozens in the past several weeks alone.
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A woman looks up at a burning apartment building after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 2, 2026. Russian missiles have hit sites across the country, but Kyiv’s infrastructure and residential areas are especially frequent targets.
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A woman carries her cat out of a damaged multistory apartment building following a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on July 6, 2026.
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A panoramic view of Kyiv shows smoke from a large fire spreading over the city following an overnight Russian missile and drone attack on July 2, 2026. Russia’s overnight attack on the capital killed at least 31 people and injured 100 others.
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Rescuers carry a woman who was found under debris, inside an apartment building that was hit during overnight missile and drone strikes in Kyiv on July 2, 2026.
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Rescue workers operate at a destroyed section of a residential building after an explosion caused by a Russian strike on July 2, 2026.
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A person walks next a residential building damaged from a Russian air attack on the Ukrainian capital on July 2, 2026.
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People look at the site of a Russian missile strike that hit a residential building on July 2, 2026.
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A woman cries while holding a child near the site of a damaged apartment building on July 2, 2026.
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A Ukrainian rocket intercepts a Russian ballistic missile during a Russian attack on Kyiv on June 25, 2026. Recent shortages of U.S.-made interceptors have allowed more Russian ballistic missiles to get through, striking their targets.
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People shelter in a Kyiv metro station during a Russian missile strike on June 15, 2026.
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An explosion over the city, seen during a Russian missile and drone strike, on July 6, 2026
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An aerial view shows the scale of destruction, including burned-down houses and damaged streets, in Vyshneve, on the outskirts of Kyiv, following a Russian night attack on July 6, 2026. The attack caused secondary detonations for more than three hours, destroying or heavily damaging hundreds of homes and forcing hundreds of residents to evacuate.
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Volunteers collect glass shards in a building at the Oleksandr Dovzhenko National Film Studio in Kyiv on June 19, 2026. The studio sustained significant damage during a large-scale missile and drone strike several days earlier. The costume shop, which housed the largest and oldest costume collection in Ukraine, was heavily affected.
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Firefighters work to extinguish a fire at the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra, which was hit during Russian missile and drone strikes on June 15, 2026.
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Emergency-services personnel work to extinguish a fire following Russian missile attacks in Kyiv on July 6, 2026.
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Liudmyla Tsapkova sits in her damaged apartment after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv on July 2, 2026.
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Rescuers work at the site of a damaged apartment building in Kyiv on July 2, 2026.
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People watch as emergency workers clear debris from the scene of an overnight Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv that killed at least 14 people, on July 6, 2026.
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Iryna Plekhova, a resident who survived the previous day’s Russian missile strikes, carries some of her damaged personal belongings, including a Ukrainian coat of arms carved out of wood by her father-in-law, from her burned apartment on July 3, 2026.
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People take shelter inside a metro station during an overnight Russian missile and drone strike on July 2, 2026.
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A woman kneels next to a makeshift memorial near a residential building that was damaged during a Russian air attack on July 3, 2026.
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Emergency-service personnel work to repair the roof of the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra after it was burned and damaged by Russian strikes on June 16, 2026, in Kyiv, Ukraine.