{"id":8465,"date":"2026-07-02T14:56:24","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/kyiv-declares-mourning-as-death-toll-from-massive-russian-attack-reaches-20\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T14:56:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T14:56:31","slug":"kyiv-declares-mourning-as-death-toll-from-massive-russian-attack-reaches-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/kyiv-declares-mourning-as-death-toll-from-massive-russian-attack-reaches-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Kyiv Declares Mourning as Death Toll From Massive Russian Attack Reaches 20"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Following an intensive overnight assault by Russian missiles and drones, the death toll in Kyiv has climbed to 20, prompting city officials to declare a day of official mourning.  <\/p>\n<h4>Rising Casualties and Official Mourning<\/h4>\n<p>The death toll from the overnight Russian attack on Kyiv has risen to 20, according to Tymur Tkaczenko, head of the city&#8217;s military administration. The official confirmed the increase on Telegram on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko previously stated that this was the most massive strike on the Ukrainian capital since the beginning of the war. In response to the tragedy, the mayor has officially declared Friday a day of mourning.<\/p>\n<h4>Scope of the Overnight Assault<\/h4>\n<p>Russian forces executed a massive attack on Kyiv between Wednesday and Thursday, utilizing a combination of missiles and drones. Residents reported hearing multiple loud explosions, and a multi-story hotel in the city center was set ablaze.<\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian Air Force reported that a total of 570 aerial attack assets were deployed against Ukraine, targeting the capital specifically. This included 74 missiles and 496 drones. Previous reports had estimated 17 fatalities and 86 injuries, as search and rescue operations continue at the sites of the strikes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following an intensive overnight assault by Russian missiles and drones, the death toll in Kyiv has climbed to 20, prompting city officials to declare a day of official mourning. Rising Casualties and Official Mourning The death toll from the overnight Russian attack on Kyiv has risen to 20, according to Tymur Tkaczenko, head of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-defense-and-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bizonews.com\/pl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}