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See the full story · 9 sourcesx whatsapp-stroke copylink google Add Al Jazeera on Google info By Al Jazeera Staff , AFP and Reuters Published On 30 Jul 2026 30 Jul 2026 At least one person has died in Russian missile attacks on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv.
Multiple explosions were heard in the city at 1:18am on Thursday (22:18 GMT Wednesday), according to Kyiv Independent reporters on the ground. Klitschko instructed people to seek shelter.
Neighbouring Poland, a member of the European Union and NATO, scrambled its fighter jets to secure its airspace amid Russian air strikes, the Armed Forces said on X.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had warned on Wednesday that a massive Russian attack on Ukraine was likely and the safety of Ukrainians depended on the willingness of allies to provide anti-missile defences.
He was returning from the United States, where he said President Donald Trump had agreed to give Ukraine licences to make Patriot missiles.
Zelenskyy also repeated his request to Ukraine’s allies to supply Kyiv with the missiles its air defence system lacks in an X post.
In early July, Trump had expressed his intention to allow Ukraine to make the surface-to-air missiles at a time when Russia had stepped up its ballistic missile strikes.
Only US Patriot systems are capable of shooting down Russian missiles, but Ukraine is short of PAC-3 interceptor missiles.
This shortage has worsened since the war on Iran launched by the US and Israel in February.
In Washington, DC, Zelenskyy held what he called a “good meeting” with Trump, as he underscored Russian President Vladimir Putin’s loss of initiative on the war front due to heavy losses.
Zelenskyy spent just over an hour with Trump at the White House, in talks that came as Kyiv and Moscow intensified long-range strikes, as US-led diplomatic efforts to end the war stalled.
After the meeting, Trump posted photos to social media with a note that said: “Many things were discussed. The meeting went very well!”
Relations between Zelenskyy and Trump have warmed since the start of the US president’s second term, with Trump suggesting earlier this month that Ukrainian strikes inside Russia “could help” end the war.
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