Heavy Russian bombardment of Ukrainian capital

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Newshour

2026-07-02

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Kyiv was hit overnight by some 74 Russian missiles and 500 drones. At least 26 penetrated air defences, causing fires, damage to residential buildings and at least 18 deaths. We hear the latest from the city, and ask the defence specialist and Estonian ambassador to the UK, Sven Sakkov, whether President Putin's war is sustainable. Also in the programme: the thousands of people with wartime injuries or life-threatening diseases who are desperate to leave Gaza for medical treatment abroad; and will a plethora of new satellites in space make it impossible for astronomers to scrutinise the skies? (Photo: Aftermath of massive Russian attack on Kyiv, 2 Jul 2026. Credit: MAXYM MARUSENKO/EPA/Shutterstock)
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  • Hello and welcome to News Hour from the BBC World Service.

  • We're coming to you live from London.

  • I'm James Menendez.

  • The sound of just one of many explosions in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, in the early hours of this morning.

  • The country's air force said the city had been pummeled by waves of Russian attacks,

  • about 74 missiles in all and nearly 500 drones.

  • Air defences, it's said, had managed to repel the majority of those, but at least 26 missiles,