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title: "Russian drones bear down on Ukrainian capital, up to three injured"
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# Russian drones bear down on Ukrainian capital, up to three injured

> Russian drones bore down on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv early on Thursday, with officials reporting fires in apartment and non-residential buildings a day after a record number of drones targeted the country.

By Reuters · Published 10 July 2025, 06:51 SAST · Updated 10 July 2025, 06:51 SAST

## Key points
- In a dramatic night of drone chaos over Kyiv, where shrapnel injuries were the least of the city's worries as fires raged and explosions echoed, it seems the only thing more relentless than the Russian assault is the ongoing geopolitical game of 'who's got the bigger arsenal.'
- Kyiv's military chief reports three injuries from shrapnel as multiple city districts face drone attacks.
- Fires erupt in various locations, including an apartment building, due to falling drone fragments.
- Ukraine's military warns of potential missile strikes amid ongoing enemy attacks.
- The latest Russian drone assault marks the largest since the war began, coinciding with U.S. pledges for more military support.

## Content

The head of Kyiv's military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, said three people had suffered shrapnel wounds.

Tkachenko said six city districts had been hit, with fires breaking out in various buildings, storage areas and cars and drone fragments falling to the ground in different parts of the city.

"The enemy attack is continuing," he wrote. "The defence forces are taking on enemy targets."

Ukraine's military issued warnings on the Telegram messaging app that the city could also be subject to a missile attack.

Reuters witnesses reported a series of loud explosions.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said emergency crews were at an apartment building in the central Shevchenkivskyi district, where falling drone fragments had triggered a fire on the top floor. Another fire was being tackled, also in the city centre.

Klitschko put the number of injured at two people in hospital.

On Tuesday night, Russian forces unleashed their largest drone attack on Ukraine since the start of the now 40-month-old war, with 728 drones targeting widely separated regions, including western Ukraine.

That attack took place hours after U.S. President Donald Trump pledged to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv and aimed unusually sharp criticism at Russian President Vladimir Putin.

(Reporting by Gleb Garanich and Ron Popeski; Editing by Sandra Maler and Christopher Cushing)