Russia launched a massive missile and drone attack against Ukraine on Saturday, prompting renewed calls from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for American Patriot missile interceptors, which he says they’ve run out of.
Since last night, response efforts have been underway in Kyiv and the surrounding region following Russia’s strike. There were numerous fires across the city. Seven districts were affected, and, as usual, the Russians struck ordinary residential buildings. Eighteen residential… pic.twitter.com/Fr8Jb4AEys
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) August 1, 2026
Footage from the attack in Kyiv shows massive explosions hammering the city.
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Zelensky said in a statement, “Eighteen residential buildings, a school, the Lithuanian Embassy, and infrastructure facilities were damaged,” and at least nine people were killed, with dozens more injured.
The Ukrainian President further shared a video from recovery efforts following the attack:
Meanwhile, Ukraine has carried out offensives against Russian shipping and energy infrastructure.
Zelensky shared the following video on X, confirming that the sanctioned container ship, Yanina, with a capacity of more than 100,000 tons, was “sent to the bottom.”
“Also overnight, Security Service of Ukraine units struck the infrastructure of three Russian oil refineries in Bashkortostan. The targets were nearly 1,600 kilometers away. These refineries process millions of tons of oil each year,” he added.
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Received a good phone call from the Vice President of the United States, @JDVance. We followed up on our recent meeting with President Trump in Washington, which was positive and productive. As Russia's air attacks on our country continue unabated, air defense – specifically… pic.twitter.com/eK9pKbeGtR
— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 31, 2026
However, as The Gateway Pundit reported, President Trump said on Friday afternoon that he wants to be “very careful” about giving the advanced technology to another country.
“I gave them the javelins. The javelins are unbelievable,” Trump said. “We have to be very careful about giving out the secrets to those weapons.”
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