🚨👇Russia Struck Kyiv Again. The Real Question Is Who the Message Was For.
In the early hours of Monday, July 6, Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv in a large-scale overnight barrage. At least nine people were killed and 46 wounded within the city limits. A further person was killed and ten injured in the surrounding Kyiv region. At least 15 residential buildings were damaged or destroyed, including a nine-story block in the historic Podilskyi district, where rescuers used ladder trucks to reach people trapped on upper floors. The building had been largely destroyed from the fifth level upward. Rescue operations are ongoing, and officials warned the death toll may rise.
This is the second major attack on Kyiv in five days.
On July 2, Russia struck the capital in what was described as the deadliest assault on the city this year, killing 31 people and injuring over 100. Ukraine's Air Force confirmed Russia fired 74 missiles and 496 drones in that attack alone, with air defense units intercepting 48 missiles and 476 drones. Twenty-five ballistic missiles and 12 drones hit 33 locations across the city.
Before the July 2 attack, Putin pledged publicly to continue large-scale missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian cities. He kept that pledge. Before today's attack, Zelenskyy warned residents of an imminent strike, urging civilians to take shelter. Poland scrambled fighter jets as a precautionary measure. Odesa was also struck overnight, with at least one person injured.
The attacks are happening at a specific moment that cannot be separated from their significance. The NATO summit opens in Ankara tomorrow, July 7. Zelenskyy is scheduled to meet Trump on the sidelines on July 8. Trump spent nearly 90 minutes on the phone with Putin last week, during which the US president offered to help end the war. Days later, Russia attacked Kyiv twice.
Putin is not sending a message to Kyiv. He is sending one to Ankara.
The question the summit must answer is not whether Russia is attacking civilian infrastructure. That is confirmed and documented. The question is what 32 allied nations sitting in a room together are prepared to do about it.















































