Ukraine–Russia

Russian missile and drone wave kills at least eight across Ukraine including Lviv

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Kyiv (primary reported focus; multi-city wave)
Actors
Russia · Ukraine
Importance
Major

Russia launched a large overnight wave of ballistic and cruise missiles plus hundreds of drones early on 30 July, killing at least eight people (including two children) and injuring dozens across Kyiv, Lviv, Kryvyi Rih and Poltava Oblast after Zelenskyy warned of a mass strike.

The Kyiv Independent and Reuters reported early-30-July 2026 strikes: one killed in Kyiv; two residential high-rises hit in Lviv (~15 injured per mayor, later national tallies higher); six killed including two girls in a Kryvyi Rih Iskander strike; one killed in Poltava Oblast. Poland scrambled fighters and Lublin briefly activated alerts. Fatality tallies moved through the morning (KI early: ≥8; Reuters later: ≥13)—this package uses the conservative multi-outlet floor and does not invent a final national total.

  • Fatalities: Low 8 · High 13 people · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: 8 killed, 30 injured across Ukraine as Russia launches massive ballistic missile, drone attack, Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 13; Poland scrambles fighter jets · Early multi-city floor ≥8 (KI); Reuters later ≥13 as tallies consolidated.
  • Injuries: Low 30 people · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: 8 killed, 30 injured across Ukraine as Russia launches massive ballistic missile, drone attack, Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 13; Poland scrambles fighter jets · KI early national injury floor; Lviv alone reported ≥15 injured in high-rises.

Verification: Confirmed

Evidence: 8 killed, 30 injured across Ukraine as Russia launches massive ballistic missile, drone attack, Russian strikes on Ukraine kill 13; Poland scrambles fighter jets

Multi-outlet coverage of the overnight wave; fatality tallies are provisional official Ukrainian figures that rose during the morning. Primary delivery is ballistic/cruise missiles (drones also reported); subtype records the missile family.