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Rescuers use an aerial work platform to remove a balcony door during a response effort at an apartment block in the Darnytskyi district damaged by a Russian attack, Kyiv, Ukraine, July 2, 2026. On the night of July 2, the Russian army launched a combined assault on the capital with 74 missiles and 496 UAVs of various types, causing damage across all districts of the city. A Russian missile partially destroyed a nine-storey residential building in the Darnytskyi district. The number of confirmed deaths has risen to 30, while the fate of eight people remains unknown. A search-and-rescue operation is ongoing. A Day of Mourning has been declared in Kyiv on Friday, July 3, in memory of the victims of the massive Russian attack.