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Russia
Éluósī
俄罗斯
against / toward
duì
对
Kyiv
Jīfǔ
基辅
to launch / to initiate
fādòng
发动
large-scale
dà guīmó
大规模
missile
dǎodàn
导弹
drone / unmanned aerial vehicle
wúrénjī
无人机
attack / assault
xíjī
袭击
，
at least
zhìshǎo
至少
25 people
èrshíwǔ rén
25人
killed / dead
sǐwáng
死亡
。

Russia
Éluósī
俄罗斯
on / at
yú
于
July 2nd
qī yuè èr rì
7月2日
in the early morning hours
língchén
凌晨
against
duì
对
Kyiv
Jīfǔ
基辅
to launch / to carry out
zhǎnkāi
展开
lasting as long as
chángdá
长达
11 hours
shíyī xiǎoshí
11小时
structural particle
de
的
large-scale
dà guīmó
大规模
attack
gōngjī
攻击
，
to fire / to launch
fāshè
发射
74 missiles
qīshísì méi dǎodàn
74枚导弹
and
jí
及
496 drones
sì bǎi jiǔshíliù jià wúrénjī
496架无人机
，
to cause / to result in
zàochéng
造成
at least
zhìshǎo
至少
25
èrshíwǔ míng
25名
civilian
píngmín
平民
killed / dead
sǐwáng
死亡
。
the Russian side
É fāng
俄方
stated / claimed
chēng
称
this / the current
cǐ cì
此次
attack
xíjī
袭击
is
shì
是
in response to
duì
对
Ukraine
Wūkèlán
乌克兰
to strike
dǎjī
打击
Russian
É
俄
oil infrastructure
shíyóu shèshī
石油设施
structural particle
de
的
retaliatory action
bàofù xíngdòng
报复行动
。

July 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Russia
Éluósī
俄罗斯
on
yú
于
July 2nd
qī yuè èr rì
7月2日
in the early morning hours
língchén
凌晨
against
duì
对
Ukraine
Wūkèlán
乌克兰
capital city
shǒudū
首都
Kyiv
Jīfǔ
基辅
to launch / to initiate
fādòng
发动
large-scale
dà guīmó
大规模
missile
dǎodàn
导弹
and
hé
和
drone / unmanned aerial vehicle
wúrénjī
无人机
attack
gōngjī
攻击
，
to cause / to result in
zàochéng
造成
at least
zhìshǎo
至少
25
èrshíwǔ míng
25名
civilian
píngmín
平民
killed / dead
sǐwáng
死亡
。
Russian military forces
É Jūn
俄军
during
zài
在
lasting as long as
chángdá
长达
11 hours
shíyī xiǎoshí
11小时
structural particle
de
的
attack / assault
xíjī
袭击
within / during
zhōng
中
in total / altogether
gòng
共
to fire / to launch
fāshè
发射
74
qīshísì méi
74枚
missile
dǎodàn
导弹
and
hé
和
496
sì bǎi jiǔshíliù jià
496架
drone / unmanned aerial vehicle
wúrénjī
无人机
。
the Russian side
É fāng
俄方
to claim / to state
shēngchēng
声称
，
this / the current
cǐ cì
此次
attack
gōngjī
攻击
is
shì
是
in response to
duì
对
Ukraine
Wūkèlán
乌克兰
previously / earlier
cǐqián
此前
to strike
dǎjī
打击
Russia
Éluósī
俄罗斯
oil infrastructure / oil facilities
shíyóu shèshī
石油设施
structural particle
de
的
retaliatory action
bàofù xíngdòng
报复行动
。
Kyiv
Jīfǔ
基辅
approximately / there were about
yuē yǒu
约有
52,500 people
wǔ wàn liǎng qiān wǔ bǎi míng
52500名
residents
jūmín
居民
overnight / through the night
liányè
连夜
to take shelter in
duǒ rù
躲入
subway station
dìtiě zhàn
地铁站
to take refuge / to seek shelter
bìnàn
避难
，
among them
qízhōng
其中
including
bāokuò
包括
approximately
yuē
约
4,500 people
sì qiān wǔ bǎi míng
4500名
children
értóng
儿童
。
this / the current
cǐ cì
此次
attack
xíjī
袭击
targeting / taking as
yǐ
以
residential building
jūmínlóu
居民楼
as
wéi
为
main / primary
zhǔyào
主要
strike target
dǎjī mùbiāo
打击目标
，
is considered / regarded as
bèi rènwéi
被认为
to be
shì
是
this
zhè chǎng
这场
war
zhànzhēng
战争
in
zhōng
中
against
duì
对
Kyiv
Jīfǔ
基辅
most devastating in destruction
pòhuài zuì cǎnliè
破坏最惨烈
structural particle
de
的
attack
gōngjī
攻击
one of
zhī yī
之一
。
Ukraine
Wūkèlán
乌克兰
president
zǒngtǒng
总统
Zelensky
Zéliánsījī
泽连斯基
before
zài
在
attack
xíjī
袭击
before
qián
前
already
yǐ
已
to issue / to send out
fāchū
发出
warning
jǐnggào
警告
，
and also
bìng
并
once again
zàicì
再次
to call on / to appeal
hūyù
呼吁
Western
xīfāng
西方
allies
méngyǒu
盟友
to provide
tígōng
提供
more
gèng duō
更多
air defense
fángkōng
防空
support
zhīchí
支持
。

News in English

China & World

Russia launches massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv, killing at least 25

Russia launched an 11-hour missile and drone assault on Kyiv in the early hours of July 2, firing 74 missiles and 496 drones and killing at least 25 civilians. Moscow described the attack as retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure.

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