War in Ukraine. The horrors of war by Kyiv

Iryna Plekhova, 42, resident who survived the previous day's Russian missile and drone attack, carries her remaining personal belongings and partially damaged Ukrainian coat of arms, the tryzub, carved out of wood by her father-in-law, in the burned down apartment, which was damaged during the strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 3, 2026.

Smoke rises in the city after a Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 2, 2026.

People take shelter inside a metro station during an overnight Russian missile and drone strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 1, 2026.

Smoke rises in the city during a Russian missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 25, 2026.

Workers repair the roof of the Dormition Cathedral of the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra after it was hit during Russian missile and drone strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 16, 2026.

Residents try to move a car from a site of a Russian missile and drone strikes in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 15, 2026.

People walk near of the makeshift memorial to fallen Ukrainian defenders at Independence Square in central Kyiv, Ukraine, June 9, 2026.

A resident stands at a site of a Russian drone and missile strike in Kyiv, Ukraine, June 2, 2026.

A man stands in front of a destroyed shop in a neighborhood that was badly damaged during Sunday's Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 27, 2026.

A destroyed shopping mall hit during the previous day's Russian missile and drone attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, May 25, 2026.