Kyiv, Ukraine, July 2, 2026 (AFP) - Russian strikes kill 21 in biggest ever attack on Kyiv, mayor says

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2026-07-02

Russia launched its largest ever barrage on Kyiv early Thursday, according to the city's mayor, tearing open apartment buildings in an hours-long drone and missile attack that killed at least 21 people. In Moscow, the Kremlin vowed to further ramp up the "pressure" on Kyiv after the strike, sticking to its no-compromise rhetoric as rescuers in Kyiv scoured the rubble for survivors. The European Union's top diplomat proposed new sanctions on Mosco......

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