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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Kyiv was targeted with waves of drone and missile attacks overnight into Friday in the largest aerial assault since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine began more than three years ago, officials said, amid a renewed Russian push to capture more of its neighbor’s land.
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Firefighters work at a destroyed apartment building after a Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Firefighters work at a destroyed apartment building after a Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Damaged cars lie in a yard among other debris after a Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Damaged cars lie in a yard among other debris after a Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A rescue worker clears the rubble of a residential house damaged by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
A rescue worker clears the rubble of a residential house damaged by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Damaged cars lie in a yard among other debris after a Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Damaged cars lie in a yard among other debris after a Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential house damaged by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Rescue workers clear the rubble of a residential house damaged by a Russian strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
Damaged cars lie in a yard among other debris after a Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Damaged cars lie in a yard among other debris after a Russian drone and missile attacks in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)