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Kyiv shelter crisis deepens after August strike

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Protests over the delayed opening of a bomb shelter continued into late July in Kyiv’s hardest‑hit districts. Residents such as Tetiana Lishchynska described fleeing with her 4‑year‑old grandson and seeking refuge in a clinic basement after a ballistic missile strike, while the promised school shelter remains closed pending utilities and paperwork, now pushed back to September. City officials note that of the 4,358 designated shelters for the 3 million‑strong population, only about 500 are functional bomb shelters, and civilians rely on the metro’s 47 underground stations, which saw 41,000 users on 2 June and a peak of 56,000 on a recent Thursday despite reports of security guards turning people away. On the night of 1 31 July–1 August 2026 Russia launched a massive aerial assault, firing 35 missiles—including 27 ballistic missiles—and 185 drones at Kyiv and surrounding regions. Explosions struck seven districts, killing nine civilians and injuring roughly thirty, including four children, and igniting fires in five districts. Only one ballistic missile was intercepted as Ukraine’s Patriot‑type interceptors are exhausted. Ukrainian air‑defence forces shot down 154 drones and two missiles, highlighting the heavy reliance on a dwindling interceptor stockpile. Mayor Vitali Klitschko urged residents to stay in shelters, reinforcing President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s appeal for additional Patriot systems from Western partners. The attacks also damaged 18 residential buildings, a school and the Lithuanian embassy, and spread to Dnipro, Sumy, Kharkiv and Poltava regions, extending the shelter strain beyond the capital. Ukrainian officials reiterated Follow‑up reports confirmed the casualty figures and damage, underscoring the urgent need for more air‑defence aid in the days following the strike, confirming the casualty figures and damage reported in earlier accounts. aid.

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