Russia struck Kyiv with six to eight ballistic missiles overnight into July 14, hours after Ukraine and nine European countries launched a coalition aimed at countering Moscow’s ballistic missile threat, according to Kyiv Independent. The strike began around 00:16 local time, and Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said air defenses engaged the incoming missiles, per Mezha.
Fires broke out at a warehouse in the Holosiivskyi district and among vehicles in the Darnytskyi district, both extinguished by emergency crews, according to UNN. A crater formed at one site, and windows in the main and auxiliary buildings of a boarding school were damaged, per RBC-Ukraine. Debris fell at two other addresses. No deaths or injuries were reported in Kyiv, according to both UNN and RBC-Ukraine.
This is the third strike in a week to hit Kyiv before or without an air raid alert, following similar incidents on July 8 and July 11, according to RBC-Ukraine and NV. Ukrainian Air Force officials say Ukraine’s stock of PAC-3 Patriot interceptors, the only weapon in its arsenal that can reliably down ballistic missiles, ran out by July 1, letting Russian strike planners hit targets largely unopposed, according to Kyiv Post.
President Donald Trump pledged on July 8 to license Ukraine to produce its own Patriot systems, though officials and experts have said domestic production would take months or years to materialize, according to The Washington Post.


