{"id":6277,"date":"2026-08-05T16:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=6277"},"modified":"2026-08-05T16:58:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T16:58:18","slug":"overnight-russian-strikes-on-kyiv-kill-17-injure-44-says-zelenskyy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldwatchalert.com\/?p=6277","title":{"rendered":"Overnight Russian Strikes on Kyiv Kill 17, Injure 44, Says Zelenskyy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Seventeen people were killed and 44 injured in overnight strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding Kyiv region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The attack involved 24 ballistic missiles, four Tsirkon and Oniks missiles, and 115 drones, many of them jet-powered, Zelenskyy said in a statement on Telegram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Warehouses, infrastructure, and a railway station were among the targets, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Zelenskyy called for increased supplies of ballistic missile interceptors to Ukraine, urging the Group of Seven and the EU to impose additional sanctions on Russian producers of ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Russia\u2019s Defense Ministry said its air defenses intercepted and destroyed 475 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the Black and Azov seas overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Rostov region, more than 40 drones were reportedly destroyed over the Tarasovsky, Kamensky, Millerovsky, and Neklinovsky districts, according to Governor Yury Slyusar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Falling debris caused a fire in dry grass in the Neklinovsky district, which was subsequently extinguished, Slyusar said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the Tula region, a fire broke out at a Wildberries sorting center after a drone fell, Governor Dmitry Milyaev said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two apartment buildings and two industrial facilities were also damaged. 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