Russian ballistic missile attack on Kyiv kills one and injures 12

Kyiv's military administration said one person was killed and 12 others injured in a Russian ballistic missile attack on the Ukrainian capital early on Wednesday, August 5, 2026. According to the administration, the assault began after midnight and struck seven sites, with air raid alerts in place for more than an hour.

Kyiv's mayor said a warehouse building near the city centre had been destroyed and that rescue teams had pulled two people from the rubble. In the surrounding Kyiv region, local authorities reported another person killed and 21 injured.

The attack follows separate strikes in Ukraine and Russia earlier in the week in which at least 27 people were killed. Ukraine has spent recent months urging its allies to supply more US-made Patriot interceptors. The continuing five year war, particularly through Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian refineries, remains one of the factors shaping the global market for refined oil products.