{"id":22476,"date":"2026-07-02T06:02:51","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:02:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/?p=22476"},"modified":"2026-07-02T06:02:53","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T06:02:53","slug":"russias-drone-and-ballistic-missile-attacks-on-kyiv-leave-five-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/2026\/07\/02\/russias-drone-and-ballistic-missile-attacks-on-kyiv-leave-five-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia\u2019s drone and ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv leave five dead"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>KABUL: Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine\u2019s capital, Kyiv, using drones and ballistic missiles, injuring at least five people and causing significant damage to several buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Reuters, the strikes set fire to a hotel and multiple residential buildings in central Kyiv. Residents were also reported trapped inside a nine-story apartment building following the attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kyiv\u2019s mayor said the assault involved both drones and ballistic missiles. Explosions were heard across different parts of the city, prompting many residents to seek shelter in metro stations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The attacks came after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, citing intelligence reports, had warned of a possible large-scale Russian overnight strike.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Emergency services and rescue teams were deployed to affected areas as authorities continued to assess the extent of the damage and casualties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KABUL: Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine\u2019s capital, Kyiv, using drones and ballistic missiles, injuring at least five people and causing significant damage to several buildings. According to Reuters, the strikes set fire to a hotel and multiple residential buildings in central Kyiv. Residents were also reported trapped inside a nine-story apartment building following [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[73],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22476"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22478,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22476\/revisions\/22478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omidradio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}