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Russia unleashes nearly 600 missiles and drones on Kyiv in deadliest strike since May
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Russia launched one of its heaviest overnight attacks on Kyiv, firing hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at the Ukrainian capital in a strike that tore through residential buildings, killed at least 18 people and wounded more than 90, according to Reuters.
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United Nations, Andrii Melnyk, speaking from Ukraine exclusively with Fox News Digital, said the assault marked «the most horrific night for Kyiv since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion.»
«Early this morning, I spoke with my mother-in-law, who is in Kyiv. She told me she had never been so terrified. It felt as if the biblical Apocalypse were unfolding before her very eyes. Everyone was praying.»
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Firefighters work at the site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 2, 2026. (Reuters)
The explosions shook central Kyiv for hours as thousands of residents rushed into bomb shelters and underground metro stations. The attack caused the widest destruction in Kyiv so far in 2026 and was the deadliest strike on the capital since at least May, when 24 people were killed in an attack that brought down an apartment block.
Ukraine’s air force said Russia launched 74 missiles and 496 drones overnight, according to Reuters.
Yuri Ihnat, the Ukrainian Air Force spokesperson, said the number of ballistic missiles was unusually high and that the interception rate for them was low, as Ukraine continues to face shortages of Patriot missiles.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who cut short a visit to Ireland and returned to Ukraine, said damage had been reported at more than 20 sites across the capital.
«The main strike was directed at Kyiv,» Zelenskyy said. «Air defence supplies for Ukraine are an absolute and critical priority.»
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An explosion lights up the sky over the city during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 2, 2026. (Gleb Garanich/Reuters)
Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko declared Friday a day of mourning and said damage had been recorded across the city of roughly 3 million people.
Melnyk told Fox News Digital the attack should force the international community to confront Russia’s status inside the U.N. Security Council.
«And yet, this barbaric Russia continues to be treated at the U.N. as a normal member state,» he said. «It is time to end this parallel reality. Russia’s status as a permanent member of the Security Council should finally be called into question. Russia should be treated for what it has become: a pariah state.»
Emergency crews searched through the rubble of a nine-story building on the left bank of the Dnipro River as fires continued to burn after sunrise. City officials said some people remained trapped inside damaged residential buildings.
East2West footage showed the overnight barrage from inside Kyiv, including a baby sleeping as explosions flashed outside an open window and smoke from an earlier strike rose nearby. Other footage showed residents sheltering near a metro station as strikes hit the capital, as well as heavy damage across Kyiv, including residential buildings torn apart and thick smoke hanging over parts of the city.
More than 20 sites were damaged, including residential buildings, diplomatic accommodation and the National Institute of Biochemistry, where a state-of-the-art laboratory and offices were gutted.
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Rescuers conduct search and rescue operations at a multi-storey residential building damaged in a massive Russian missile and drone attack in the Darnytskyi district of Kyiv, Ukraine, on July 2, 2026. (Kyrylo Chubotin/Ukrinform)
Katarina Mathernova, the European Union’s ambassador to Ukraine, said Russia «unleashed hell on Kyiv» overnight and struck accommodation used by diplomatic personnel. Diplomats were not injured, but their belongings were damaged in a fire that engulfed the building, she said.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said in a Telegram post that its «massive attack» used long-range, high-precision weapons and drones to strike military and energy facilities, as well as airports in Kyiv and other locations. Moscow said the attack was retaliation for Ukrainian drone strikes on Russia.
Ukraine said it hit an oil refinery overnight in Russia’s Nizhny Novgorod region, where the regional governor reported one person killed in a strike on an industrial facility.
The Kremlin said Russian military commanders briefed Russian President Vladimir Putin on the attacks and said Moscow would continue increasing pressure on Ukraine to achieve its war aims.
Poland, a NATO and European Union member that borders Ukraine, briefly scrambled fighter jets as a preventive measure. Finland also briefly issued a temporary aviation restriction zone in the eastern Gulf of Finland, its defense forces said.
Romanian Foreign Minister Oana Țoiu told Fox News Digital that Russian drones were detected in Ukraine roughly 30 kilometers from Romania’s border Wednesday, prompting NATO air-policing aircraft to respond.
«Two Royal Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon fighter aircraft deployed under the Enhanced Air Policing mission and operating from the 86th Air Base in Fetești in Romania, were scrambled to monitor the Romanian airspace situation near the border with Ukraine,» Țoiu said. «A Romanian Air Force IAR 330 Puma helicopter was also deployed. Such incidents have constantly accompanied Russia’s illegal war of aggression against Ukraine.»
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Thursday that she would propose new sanctions on entities supporting Russia’s military-industrial complex in response to the strikes.
«The more Moscow attacks civilians, the more sanctions must be imposed,» Kallas said in a post on X.
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A woman reacts near an apartment building damaged during a Russian missile and drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine July 2, 2026. (Viacheslav Ratynskyi/Reuters)
Russia has killed thousands of Ukrainian civilians in strikes on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities since launching its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Moscow denies intentionally targeting civilians but says attacks on what it calls civil infrastructure are legitimate because they affect Ukraine’s ability to wage war.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Trump hails America as ‘most exceptional nation ever to exist’ in Mount Rushmore speech
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President Donald Trump marked the eve of America’s 250th anniversary with a sweeping patriotic address at Mount Rushmore on Friday, declaring the United States the «most exceptional nation ever to exist» and vowing that it would «never be a Communist country.»
Speaking beneath the granite likenesses of four of his predecessors — George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt — Trump touted American exceptionalism as festivities marking the nation’s 250th anniversary ramped up across the country.
«In all the chronicles of the ages, never before has any nation celebrated so magnificent a triumph as this one,» Trump told the crowd.
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President Donald Trump delivers remarks at Mount Rushmore on the eve of America’s 250th anniversary. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
«At 250 years, America is the oldest republic on earth,» he continued. «We are the freest people on earth. We have the most righteous and enduring Constitution on earth. We are the strongest and most powerful country on earth. And by the grace of God, the United States of America is the most successful, most accomplished, most exceptional nation ever to exist in human history.»
Trump praised the nation’s history and argued that no other country had achieved as much as the United States.
«The birth and survival of the American nation under God is, quite simply, the best and most incredible thing ever to happen on this planet by human hands, ever,» he said. «No other country has done more good for this world than the United States of America.»
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Fireworks explode after President Donald Trump spoke at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Friday, July 3, 2026, near Keystone, South Dakota. (AP Photo/Matt Gade)
Before Trump took the stage, the new Air Force One flew over Mount Rushmore as spectators cheered. After his remarks, the president stayed to watch a fireworks display over the Black Hills.
Trump argued the country was facing what he described as a growing communist movement that sought to undermine America’s «exceptional character» and «alienate us from our history.»
The president said the movement had raised the question, «What does it mean to be an American?»
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President Donald Trump speaks at Mount Rushmore National Memorial, Friday, July 3, 2026, near Keystone, South Dakota. (AP Photo/Matt Gade)
Trump described communism as «the greatest threat» facing the United States.
«It is the greatest threat to our country, including World War I, World War II, Pearl Harbor, or even 9/11,» Trump said. «We’re not going to let this happen to us. Believe me, we’re not letting it happen, because communism is the enemy of free people.»
«Communism is the exact opposite of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness — it is death, tyranny and the pursuit of evil,» he continued.
«But we will not let them win,» he added. «They have no chance against us.»
Trump issued a clear directive: «You can be loyal to Karl Marx, or you can be loyal to America. You can be a communist, or you can be a patriot. You cannot be both.»
President Donald Trump speaks beneath Mount Rushmore during a celebration ahead of America’s 250th anniversary. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
As Americans face those choices, Trump pointed to the nation’s past sacrifices as a guide for its future.
«Our American ancestors did not shed their blood at Concord and Trenton, Gettysburg and Shiloh, Midway and Normandy, just so that a band of thieves, radicals and lunatics could come in and loot, pillage our nation,» he said.
Trump also highlighted the four presidents carved into the mountain behind him, saying they represented America’s founding ideals.
«They were men of action, men of ambition, men of daring, men of destiny, and men of truly great intelligence,» he said. «Above all, they were great men of history. Tonight, on the threshold of our 250th year, we stand beneath the monument of these heroes, a true group of unbelievable people. And we rededicate ourselves to being a nation as big, bold, noble, and as great as these American giants.»
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Trump is scheduled to deliver another speech Saturday on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. before a fireworks display celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary.
«We know that this is not an ending,» Trump said. «This is only the beginning of the golden age of America.»
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Francia y Reino Unido desplegarán fuerzas militares para proteger la libre navegación por el estrecho de Ormuz
El presidente de Francia, Emmanuel Macron, y el primer ministro de Reino Unido, Keir Starmer, confirmaron un acuerdo con Omán para garantizar la seguridad de la navegación en el estrecho de Ormuz, tras la reapertura del paso marítimo luego del alto el fuego acordado entre Estados Unidos e Irén. Según un comunicado conjunto, Mascate aceptó colaborar con ambos países europeos para asegurar la protección de sus aguas jurisdiccionales.
El anuncio marca un punto de inflexión tras el conflicto que mantuvo prácticamente cerrado el estrecho, considerado por las autoridades como “una arteria vital para la economía mundial”. De acuerdo con el pronunciamiento recogido en el documento oficial, “restablecer un tránsito seguro para los barcos de todas las naciones por el estrecho es un tema de preocupación mundial”.
Francia y Reino Unido expresaron su disposición a desplegar una misión militar multinacional diseñada para “apoyar la libertad de navegación en el estrecho de Ormuz”, iniciativa que llevan preparando desde hace semanas. La propuesta de la coalición, que contempla operaciones de desminado y garantías de seguridad para la libre circulación de embarcaciones, dependía del consentimiento de las partes involucradas.
Desde el alto el fuego alcanzado el 17 de junio, el tráfico marítimo comenzó a normalizarse, aunque persisten tensiones debido a la voluntad de Irán de mantener cierto nivel de control sobre el paso. En este contexto, se han reportado diferentes incidentes, lo que mantiene la atención internacional sobre la estabilidad de la región.
En el comunicado, Macron y Starmer reiteraron el compromiso de sus países de defender la estabilidad regional, la soberanía de los Estados y la cooperación con todos los socios para preservar la seguridad global, la libertad de navegación y el derecho internacional.
En paralelo, la empresa de seguimiento de buques Kpler reportó que el tráfico marítimo por Ormuz continúa su recuperación, aunque permanece en una situación frágil. Según los datos divulgados por la compañía, el 2 de julio se registraron 38 cruces a través de la vía, cifra que representa un 10% menos respecto al día anterior, aunque se mantiene “dentro del rango emergente de 30 a 60 cruces por día”.
De acuerdo con Kpler, la actividad de buques con bandera de Irán experimentó un aumento drástico en las últimas jornadas. Además, la firma advirtió que varios operadores navieros modificaron sus trayectorias habituales y se desplazaron hacia rutas consideradas “iraníes y oscuras o desconocidas” en el cruce del estrecho.
Un vocero de la empresa señaló: “El patrón sugiere que la confianza sigue siendo incompleta, y que la aprobación está cada vez más condicionada por la aceptación política, la exposición al riesgo de incumplimiento normativo y las negociaciones pendientes sobre las tasas y la gobernanza de la ruta”.
El régimen persa rechazó el lunes pasado la posibilidad de que Francia participe en las operaciones de desminado en Ormuz, luego del anuncio realizado por el presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, sobre la intervención de su país en esas tareas.
El viceministro de Exteriores para Asuntos Jurídicos e Internacionales de Irán, Kazem Gharibabadi, afirmó en la red social X: “Macron ha afirmado que cooperará en la retirada de minas del estrecho de Ormuz en coordinación con sus socios. Según el memorando de entendimiento de Islamabad, la retirada de minas la lleva a cabo exclusivamente Irán y ningún otro país; en principio, no permitimos una operación de este tipo”.
El funcionario iraní advirtió sobre la complejidad actual en la región y transmitió una amenaza directa al gobierno francés. “La situación es delicada y compleja. Recomendamos encarecidamente a Francia que no la complique aún más con sus provocaciones”, sostuvo Gharibabadi.
El Ejército de Irán advirtió que los buques que no sigan las rutas establecidas por la República Islámica en el estrecho de Ormuz enfrentarán una respuesta inmediata y contundente. El Comando Unificado de Operaciones Khatam al-Anbiya de las Fuerzas Armadas iraníes indicó en un comunicado difundido por medios locales: “Todos los petroleros y buques comerciales están obligados a utilizar la ruta designada por Irán para cualquier tránsito seguro por el estrecho de Ormuz”.
La autoridad militar subrayó que cualquier “desviación de la ruta designada o incumplimiento de los protocolos de navegación de la República Islámica” será motivo de reacción militar. “Recibirá una respuesta inmediata y contundente por parte de las fuerzas armadas, lo que pondrá en peligro la seguridad de los buques infractores”, precisó el comunicado.
El mensaje incluyó una advertencia dirigida a Estados Unidos para evitar cualquier tipo de interferencia en este paso marítimo estratégico.
(Con información de EFE)
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