Kyiv in ruins: Mass attack, casualties and the meaning of the "wordless response" to Trump from dictator Putin - July 31, 2025

19:40 July 31, 2025. 🔻There are already 15 victims of the night Russian attack in Kyiv, - head of KMVA Tkachenko. The search and rescue operation continues. 145 people were injured, 14 of them are children.
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The apartment of an employee of the Israeli Embassy was damaged during the attack in Kyiv. During the morning missile strike on Kyiv, one of the Russian missiles hit the house where the secretary of the Israeli Embassy lives – fortunately, she was not at home at the time of the strike.
According to the latest data, the death toll in the capital has reached 13 people, among them a six-year-old child 💔. The search for survivors under the rubble continues.
Terror. Cold-blooded and systematic. That’s all the swine-russians are capable of.
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The Russian combined attack on Kyiv and other regions of Ukraine is Putin’s response to the shortening of Trump’s ultimatum deadlines.
The night raid on July 31, 2025 became the most devastating strike on Kyiv in many months. The death of children, dozens of wounded, ruins, and the political meaning of the attack — details and analysis at NAnews – Israel News.

When night turns into a nightmare: chronicle of July 31, 2025 events

From the first salvo, it was clear: this is not an ordinary shelling, but something else — one of those that will long remain in the memory of witnesses. Around 23:00, the air raid alert sounded in the capital, and a minute later the first explosions occurred. The Russians used everything they could against Kyiv: new jet Shaheds, cruise missiles, kamikaze drones. In a few hours, dozens of plumes of smoke rose above the city.
Dozens of addresses where rescuers arrived, cut communication lines, blocked streets — the city literally froze for a while. It was hard to believe that these buildings had been intact just that morning. Reports: destruction at least in 30 locations across four districts, dozens of damaged houses.

Kyiv in ruins: mass attack, victims and the meaning of ‘wordless answer’ to Trump from dictator Putin - July 31, 2025
Numbers behind the pain: victims, wounded, destruction
Doctors and rescuers worked all night. Reports changed every hour. By morning it became clear: there were many victims. At the time of publication — 8 dead (including a six-year-old boy whose life slipped away right in the intensive care unit), 82 wounded (ten are children), the youngest victim is only five months old.
44 people are in hospitals, five of them in extremely serious condition.
In the Sviatoshynskyi district, an entrance of a high-rise building was destroyed, the dead and wounded were pulled out from under the rubble, many were considered missing until midday.
Words of Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko:
“The six-year-old boy was pulled out alive, but could not be saved, doctors fought for more than two hours.”
The targets were exclusively civilian. Ordinary houses, a mosque, infrastructure, transport. The strikes also hit Solomianskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, and Holosiivskyi districts. Even after dawn, residents could not believe they had to look for their loved ones in hospital lists.
Not an accident, but a strategy: the political context of the attack
Many experts called this strike a “wordless answer” to the proposals and ultimatums from the US and the West. A few days before, President Trump urged Moscow to negotiate and threatened new sanctions if the escalation did not stop. The Kremlin’s response was not long in coming — but it was expressed not in words, but in strikes on civilians.
This is an old Russian tactic: when the language of diplomacy sounds, Moscow chooses the language of terror.
There are dozens of confirmations in the history of the war: after every new statement about sanctions or military support, rockets fly at Ukrainian cities.
So it was on July 31 — a night that will forever remain in the memory of Kyiv residents.
When they try to talk to Moscow — escalation begins. Not negotiations, but an ultimatum by bombs.
Technologies of war: new Shaheds and the weaknesses of air defense
A special note should be made about the military aspect. This time, Russia used a new version of Shahed-238 — these are jet drones capable of flying at an altitude of up to 10 km and accelerating up to 600 km/h. Against such targets, little works:
- ordinary mobile groups are practically powerless,
- classic air defense systems may not have time to react,
- systems like Iris-T, NASAMS, and modern anti-aircraft guns with programmable ammunition are needed.
Expert quote:
“This is another era of drone warfare. Now it’s not only reaction speed that matters — it’s the quality of the weapon.”

Terror as the language of the Kremlin: why the strategy doesn’t change

Ukrainian society has learned well: any relaxation or delay in support is perceived by Russia as an invitation to new crimes. Mass strikes are not only a military tactic, but also a psychological attack. The goal is simple:
— to sow fear,
— to knock the sense of security out from under people’s feet,
— to convince people of their helplessness.
Every shelling is another attempt to prove that no negotiations will lead to peace if evil is not stopped by force. This is what makes the logic of today’s war so frightening.
Official reaction and demands to the world
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy made it clear:
“Russia continues to carry out such strikes, even when the whole world is calling on it to stop the war. The war that Russia started, the war that Russia continues to prolong, the war that only the Russian authorities want — authorities stuck in another era.
They are mentally stuck in another century — a time of brutal violence, deportations, and absolute disregard for human rights and the principles of equality.
We all know: such ideas and such times must never return to Europe. And we all know how to protect ourselves from this, how to protect Europe from what today’s Russia brings.”
He emphasized that the strikes hit exclusively civilian objects:
“Everything that was hit — houses, children’s institutions, a mosque. The attack was aimed at breaking our air defense system and terrorizing citizens.”
“And I believe that Russia can be pushed to stop this war. They started it, and they can be forced to end it. But if the world does not intend to change the regime in Russia, then even after the end of the war Moscow will continue to try to destabilize neighboring countries. It will continue to spend huge amounts of money, resources and perhaps even human lives on this.
One of Putin’s main ideas — and now it is mainstream in Russia — is that Russia has no clear borders, that its borders are wherever it wants them to be. This is a complete rejection of the world order that arose after World War II. And this is the basis of the modern regime in Russia. And we in Europe will have to defend ourselves from this for a long time. And we will defend ourselves.”
The voice of the Ukrainian Embassy: a call to decisive action
The Embassy of Ukraine in Israel again addressed the Israeli public and government:
“All of them are innocent civilians.
This is what Russian terror looks like — brutal missile and drone attacks against civilian populations.
This is not just a crime — it is further proof that Russia is deliberately waging war against the Ukrainian people. Its targets are our homes, our children, and our fundamental right to live freely in our own country.
The world must wake up and put an end to this war.
Only united and determined action by the entire free world can stop Russia’s aggressive onslaught.
If we fail to stop it here, Russia’s crimes will spread beyond Ukraine.”
Not the first time: why diplomacy doesn’t work with dictators
Experts have often drawn historical parallels: in the twentieth century, dictatorships often responded to negotiations and concessions with escalation, not a reduction in aggression. The Russian tactic repeats this path: after every statement or “red line” — new strikes, new ruins.
This is a lesson for everyone: as long as there is at least a chance for compromise, the Kremlin regime will keep raising the stakes. That’s why Ukraine demands from the world a shift from words to action — tough sanctions, maximum air defense support, and offensive weapons.

Conclusion: what should a country do that faces war every night

Ukraine does not give up and does not lower its hands — even under the rubble, even when there is no strength.
Society holds on thanks to unity.
Today it’s obvious: survival is not only about weapons, but also about trust, support, and honesty.
Someone says — “this war will never end.” But it is unity and the memory of the fallen that do not allow the enemy to win definitively.
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