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Women react outside a destroyed apartment building after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 31, 2025.

Video. WATCH: Rescue efforts in Kyiv after Russian missile strikes kill six

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A combined missile and drone attack by Russia on Kyiv overnight killed at least six people, including a six-year-old boy, and injured more than 80, Ukrainian officials said.

The strikes, which damaged over 70 sites across the capital, caused severe destruction in the Sviatoshynskyi and Solomianskyi districts.

A missile hit a nine-story residential building in Sviatoshynskyi, flattening its entrance and trapping residents under the rubble. Four people died at the site.

Emergency crews worked through the morning to rescue survivors, including a man pulled from debris after five hours. At least nine children were among the injured.

Explosions were also reported in the Dnipro, Poltava, Sumy and Mykolaiv regions.

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