Renewed rocket attacks on Kyiv – at least ten injured, including a child

As the emergency services reported, a child was among the victims. Klitschko and Tkatschenko called on residents to take shelter. A dpa reporter on the scene reported several waves of attacks that shook the city during the night.

Damage and fires in the capital

According to Ukrainian figures, at least two cruise missiles and 111 drones could be intercepted. Defense against ballistic missiles is considered particularly difficult: according to experts, such projectiles can most effectively be intercepted with the Patriot air defense system. Ukraine, however, has for some time been suffering from a lack of supplies of Patriot ammunition.

According to current information, the United States plans to grant Ukraine a license for the independent production of Patriot ammunition. This news came at a time when the Ukrainian capital had already had to absorb the second heavy series of attacks within a short period.

Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian war of aggression for more than four years. During this time, attacks on the capital have occurred repeatedly. The latest attack is part of a series of massive air strikes that target civilian infrastructure and residential buildings in particular.

Air defense and Patriot ammunition

Parallel to the attacks on Kyiv, Ukraine reported having attacked 21 Russian tanker ships in the Sea of Azov with drones overnight into Saturday. In addition, four tugboats, two cargo ships and a dredger were hit. This is part of a campaign to deny the Russian armed forces in occupied Ukraine fuel, according to Kyiv.

Russian authorities spoke of attacks on four ships and one death. "Ein Seemann auf einem technischen Versorgungsschiff ist ums Leben gekommen," wrote Yuri Slyusar, governor of the southern Russian region of Rostov, on Telegram. One of the ships attacked in the Bay of Taganrog was a methanol tanker.

Slyusar also stated that the fires caused by Ukrainian drones at two fuel depots in the southern Russian region of Rostov had been extinguished. "Verletzte habe es keine gegeben," the governor said.

Ukrainian drone attacks on Russian ships

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul commented on the current situation to the Tagesspiegel. "Die Angriffe Russlands und Irans rund um den NATO-Gipfel seien kein Zufall gewesen und hätten Stärke demonstrieren sollen," he said. The financial commitments decided at the summit, however, are a clear message to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Ukraine has the greater staying power and that Russia must now negotiate.

Wadephul emphasized: "Wir sollten jetzt einen sehr ernsthaften Versuch unternehmen" – and pointed out that neither the Ukraine war nor the Iran war would be "decided on the battlefield." In his assessment, the current situation is a good time for negotiations in the conflict.

Reactions from Germany and Russia

The dpa news agency sent the report to its news channel. The bulletin was broadcast on July 11, 2026 on the Deutschlandfunk program. The research is based on information from local authorities in Kyiv, the emergency services, and Russian agencies in the Rostov region.

Observers assess the temporal proximity of the attacks to the NATO summit as a deliberate signal from Russia. The Ukrainian leadership sees the intensified Russian attacks on the capital as an attempt to overwhelm air defenses and undermine public morale. At the same time, Kyiv is continuing to expand its own drone production against Russian supply lines.

Classification: attacks in the context of the NATO summit

International aid commitments for Ukraine remain, in the assessment of diplomats, the most important lever for securing the country's defensive capability in the long term. This also includes the planned license for the independent production of Patriot ammunition, which, according to information from Washington, is to be implemented soon.