Another Russian Terror: Massive Attack on Kyiv on July 6

July 6, 2026July 12, 2026

On the night of July 6, the enemy carried out another massive combined attack on Kyiv. Some of it landed elsewhere too, but the capital bore the main weight of the strike. Anyone who watched from somewhere other than a shelter saw and heard exactly how it went. From those observations, several well-grounded conclusions follow. The first is that at least part of the strikes — especially the ballistic ones — were planned from the outset to hit residential areas.

This was pure terror, and there is no other explanation for it. Let me put it directly — I had the opportunity to observe where the strikes landed. And because we are talking about ballistic missiles, they do not maneuver — especially on the terminal phase of flight. That makes it possible to draw a straight line on a map, from the approximate launch point to the impact point. From that line you can see how far away anything remotely resembling a legitimate military target actually sits. The distance is very large, even accounting for the maximum possible circular error probable.

You Don’t Negotiate With Terrorists

Beyond that — electronic warfare cannot affect a ballistic missile’s trajectory. There is simply nothing on a ballistic warhead to act on. Even if some form of interference were theoretically possible, the warhead carries no rudders and no engines that could deflect its flight path. This means there was no overshoot, no undershoot, and no lateral deviation. The enemy planned from the beginning to strike dense urban residential areas with ballistic missiles — and that is precisely what happened. The only remaining factor that could alter where a missile lands is a kinetic intercept — in plain language, air defense working. Here is the Air Force summary as of Monday morning:

• 0/6 cruise missiles 3M22 Tsirkon/Onyx — zero intercepted;
• 0/23 ballistic missiles Iskander-M/S-400 — zero intercepted;
• 31/33 cruise missiles Kh-101 — intercepted;
• 6/6 cruise missiles Kalibr — intercepted;
• 326/351 strike UAVs — Shahed, “Herber”, “Italmas” types and “Parody” decoy drones — intercepted;

As of 08:30 — confirmed strikes from all 29 ballistic and anti-ship missiles and 18 strike UAVs across 34 locations

What Was Missing That Night — and What That Means

Observers could also note something conspicuously absent that night — the familiar sound of Patriot air defense systems firing. Until recently, their interceptors were clearly audible during attacks. Anyone who has been near a working Patriot battery knows — you would have to be very far away to miss that sound. The numbers speak for themselves. Air defense did not intercept a single Iskander or Tsirkon during the entire attack — every one of them landed.

This brings us back to a conclusion we can confirm once again. The enemy planned those strikes on residential buildings from the outset as a tool of intimidation against civilians. That makes it a terrorist act — full stop, with no qualification for weapons that did not perform as intended.

The Window of Opportunity Russia Just Found

None of this is new, and we have known it since the first day of the full-scale phase of this war, which began with exactly these kinds of missile strikes, including against the capital. The massive attack on Kyiv on July 6 and the previous strike — both with large numbers of civilian dead — point to one thing without ambiguity. We are dealing with terrorists, and everyone involved in mass terror is subject to elimination. This is not only my personal view. It is the old and straightforward principle — you don’t negotiate with terrorists, you eliminate them.

Ukraine’s air defense has exhausted its interceptors for Iskander-M missiles, their North Korean equivalents, and Tsirkons. That is what we are watching right now. That conclusion follows directly from the Air Force statistics. Air defense intercepted the vast majority of cruise missiles. The same goes for drones — though losing ballistic interceptors forced adjustments across other air defense segments too.

Anyone can draw their own conclusions from this. The enemy is fully aware of the situation and will try to inflict maximum damage on Kyiv — a window of opportunity has opened. For as long as conditions remain what they were last night, everyone should take every possible precaution to stay safe during attacks. These things do not happen without warning — alerts come in accurately and on time.