Russian strikes hit Kyiv market as tit-for-tat attacks escalate

At least seven civilians killed in the Kyiv market strike, with 19 total deaths from drone and missile strikes across Russia and Ukraine.

In the summer of 2026, Russian missiles struck a busy Kyiv market, killing at least seven civilians in retaliation for a Ukrainian attack on a Russian space facility. The strike, one of the heaviest on the Ukrainian capital that year, was witnessed and documented by BBC journalists who arrived while the wreckage still smoldered. Across both nations, a single day's exchange of drone and missile fire claimed nineteen lives in total — a stark arithmetic that speaks to how thoroughly the line between military and civilian life has dissolved in this war. The cycle of reprisal and counter-reprisal h

Russian strikes hit Kyiv market as tit-for-tat attacks escalate

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