{"id":556235,"date":"2026-07-02T09:36:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:36:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reform.news\/?p=556235"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T08:37:24","slug":"russia-launches-570-missiles-and-drones-at-ukraine-as-number-of-casualties-in-kyiv-continues-to-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/russia-launches-570-missiles-and-drones-at-ukraine-as-number-of-casualties-in-kyiv-continues-to-rise","title":{"rendered":"Russia Launches 570 Missiles and Drones at Ukraine as Number of Casualties in Kyiv Continues to Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>The Ukrainian Air Force has released the results of Russia&#8217;s large-scale overnight attack. In total, Russia launched 570 aerial weapons, with Kyiv as the primary target.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;A distinctive feature of this massive attack was the simultaneous use of different types of air attack weapons launched from multiple directions, including a large number of ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones,&#8221;<\/em> the Air Force said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia launched 74 missiles and 496 drones at Ukraine, including four Tsirkon missiles, 24 Iskander-M\/S-400 ballistic missiles, 34 Kh-101 cruise missiles, eight Kalibr cruise missiles, and four Kh-59\/69 missiles.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian air defenses intercepted or suppressed 524 targets, including 48 missiles and 476 drones. The intercepted missiles included every type except the Tsirkon.<\/p>\n<p>Hits by 25 ballistic missiles and 12 drones were recorded at 33 locations, while debris from intercepted weapons fell at a further 18 locations.<\/p>\n<p>As reported earlier, apartment buildings in every district of Kyiv sustained damage, including partial destruction.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll in Kyiv has risen to 13, while 56 people have been injured. Emergency rescue operations are continuing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ukrainian Air Force has released the results of Russia&#8217;s large-scale overnight attack. In total, Russia launched 570 aerial weapons, with Kyiv as the primary target. &#8220;A distinctive feature of this massive attack was the simultaneous use of different types of air attack weapons launched from multiple directions, including a large number of ballistic missiles [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":119,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sharing_image":{"poster":"https:\/\/reform.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/6a4623484796f.jpg","width":1200,"height":630,"template":"691142dd","mode":"auto"},"_sharing_image_fieldset":{"dTVKfmI95PYT":"Russia Launches 570 Missiles and Drones at Ukraine as Number of Casualties in Kyiv Continues to Rise"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[142338,143284,143090],"tags":[143121],"class_list":["post-556235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-world","category-politics","tag-rossijsko-ukrainskaja-vojna"],"wps_subtitle":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/119"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=556235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/556235\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=556235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=556235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reform.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=556235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}