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President Zelenskyy Assures Decisive Response After Massive Aerial Assault on Kyiv
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has stated that Russia will face retaliation following a massive, combined drone and missile strike targeting the capital during the night of July 2.
Russian forces deployed a total of 570 aerial attack weapons during the assault, including 496 drones and 74 missiles of various types, according to RBC on July 2.
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The attack resulted in the deaths of 21 people in Kyiv, causing extensive destruction across more than 30 locations and hitting civilian infrastructure in seven districts.
"Russia will receive a response for today's strike on Kyiv—this is definite," the president stated. He added that while Ukraine continuously advocates for a just peace and a fair end to the war, "until it is there—for just responses."
During his visit to the site, Zelenskyy also addressed the critical shortage of air defense ammunition needed to counter such large-scale operations.
He noted that intercepting approximately 70 ballistic missiles requires at least 140 Patriot interceptor missiles, as reported by Ukrainian Pravda.
"If international partners had delivered what they promised on time, I think we could have saved a greater number of homes, to be honest, and people," Zelenskyy said.
The president stressed that Ukraine is not demanding additional commitments but is simply waiting for the execution of existing agreements. "We are fighting on our own. The casualties are exclusively Ukrainian. We just need our partners to do what was agreed upon. Because we are not even asking for more."
The overnight bombardment hit multiple residential buildings and critical services across the city, including a three-story non-residential building in the Shevchenkivskyi district housing an emergency medical substation.
The State Emergency Service published footage showing major fires in high-rise residential blocks, private residential sectors, and commercial warehouses, with parts of the capital experiencing power outages as a result of the strikes.
The Kremlin escalated its campaign of terror against Ukraine's civilian population as a direct response to its own military failures and lack of progress on the front line.
Over a ten-day period, Ukrainian operations successfully isolated Crimea by disrupting land supply lines and struck four key defense-industrial facilities alongside numerous oil refineries deep inside Russian territory.
Unable to block these strategic losses or achieve significant gains on the battlefield, Russia retaliated by targeting civilian infrastructure, which included striking 55 Ukrainian gas stations in frontline regions, hitting a medical facility in Kyiv that left five medical workers in critical condition, and launching missiles directly at densely populated residential districts and metro stations where civilians sought refuge.
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