Overview

• At least 31 people, including five children, were killed and more than 150 injured when Russia launched 309 Shahed drones and eight Iskander-K cruise missiles at Kyiv on July 31.
• A large section of a nine-storey residential building collapsed and over 100 structures—ranging from homes to schools and hospitals—sustained damage across 27 locations in the city.
• Kyiv observed an official day of mourning and completed all rescue and recovery efforts after emergency crews worked through the night clearing more than 2,000 tons of rubble.
• President Volodymyr Zelensky and EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas urged allies to accelerate air defense deliveries and strengthen sanctions in response to the intensified Russian aerial campaign.
• Russian forces accelerated their ground offensive in July, seizing a net of 713 square kilometres in Donetsk and intensifying disputed battles for towns like Chasiv Yar that Kyiv says remain under its control.