{"id":24780,"date":"2026-07-16T07:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=24780"},"modified":"2026-07-16T07:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T04:44:30","slug":"ataka-kyieva-balistychnymy-raketamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/viyna\/ataka-kyieva-balistychnymy-raketamy\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia has attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles: the consequences for the capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">On the night of 16 July, Russian forces attacked Kyiv with ballistic missiles. In the Sviatoshynskyi district, a strike on a warehouse complex was recorded, whilst in the Darnytskyi district, missile debris fell on a non-residential development. The capital\u2019s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, reported on the initial consequences; the Air Force had warned of high-speed targets heading towards the city.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv during the night.<\/li>\n<li>In the Svyatoshynskyi district, a strike on some warehouse premises was recorded.<\/li>\n<li>In the Darnytskyi district, debris fell onto a non-residential building.<\/li>\n<li>The Air Force had warned of high-speed targets heading for the capital.<\/li>\n<li>The number and type of missiles used in the strike are currently being clarified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Explosions were heard after the alarm was sounded<\/h2>\n<p>An air raid alert was declared in Kyiv due to the threat of ballistic weapons being used. The Ukrainian Air Force reported high-speed targets heading towards the capital.<\/p>\n<p>The first explosions were heard shortly after the air-raid siren sounded. During the attack, the Air Force reported, in particular, that four missiles were simultaneously heading towards Kyiv.<\/p>\n<h2>The impact in the Sviatoshyn and Darnytsia districts<\/h2>\n<p>According to the report <strong>Vitali Klitschko<\/strong>, a strike hit some warehouse premises in the Sviatoshynskyi district. Units from the State Emergency Service were working at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>In the Darnytskyi district, rocket debris fell on a site with non-residential buildings.<\/p>\n<h2>The type and number of missiles are still being determined<\/h2>\n<p>Monitoring sources reported that Russia may have fired up to ten missiles at Kyiv over a period of approximately 20 minutes. However, at the time of the initial reports, there was no official confirmation regarding the number and type of weapons used.<\/p>\n<p>It is therefore wrong to attribute the attack solely to complexes <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/main-news\/sso-znyshchyly-rls-s400-sevastopol\/\">\u0421-400<\/a> It is too early to say: the media have also reported the possibility of \u00abIskander-M\u00bb missiles being used. The Air Force Command is due to release the final figures.<\/p>\n<h2>The second ballistic attack in two nights<\/h2>\n<p>The night before, on the night of 15 July, Russia also fired ballistic missiles at Kyiv. On that occasion, the Air Force reported that five such missiles had been intercepted.<\/p>\n<p>A second strike the following night indicates that the threat to the capital remains high. During a ballistic missile attack, the interval between the warning and the explosions can be very short, so an air-raid siren requires an immediate response.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv on 16 July. Impacts were recorded in the Sviatoshynskyi district, whilst debris fell in the Darnytskyi district.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":24779,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0420\u043e\u0441\u0456\u044f \u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0430 \u041a\u0438\u0457\u0432 \u0431\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442\u0430\u043c\u0438 16 \u043b\u0438\u043f\u043d\u044f. \u0412\u043b\u0443\u0447\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0437\u0430\u0444\u0456\u043a\u0441\u0443\u0432\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0443 \u0421\u0432\u044f\u0442\u043e\u0448\u0438\u043d\u0441\u044c\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0443 \u0440\u0430\u0439\u043e\u043d\u0456, \u0443\u043b\u0430\u043c\u043a\u0438 \u0432\u043f\u0430\u043b\u0438 \u0432 \u0414\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0438\u0446\u044c\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0443.","rank_math_title":"\u0410\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u041a\u0438\u0457\u0432 \u0431\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442\u0430\u043c\u0438 16 \u043b\u0438\u043f\u043d\u044f: \u043d\u0430\u0441\u043b\u0456\u0434\u043a\u0438","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0430\u0442\u0430\u043a\u0430 \u043d\u0430 \u041a\u0438\u0457\u0432 \u0431\u0430\u043b\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0438\u0447\u043d\u0438\u043c\u0438 \u0440\u0430\u043a\u0435\u0442\u0430\u043c\u0438","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[806815],"tags":[805623],"class_list":["post-24780","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-viyna","tag-805623"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24780","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24780"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24780\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24781,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24780\/revisions\/24781"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24780"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24780"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24780"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}