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warplanes.<\/p>\n<p>It is the 13th time in a few weeks that the alliance has publicly admitted to deploying jets in response to a widespread Russian attack, but the number could be much higher.<\/p>\n<p>Missiles and drones pounded the Ukrainian city of Ivano-Frankivsk – one of <a href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/2025\/07\/20\/moscow-airports-chaos-fourth-night-ukraine-drone-strikes-city-23706811\/\">the heaviest attacks in the war<\/a> – reaching between 60 and 105 miles from <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/poland\/\">Poland<\/a>, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. <\/p>\n<p>For the past two months, <a data-track=\"inline-tag-auto-link_article\" href=\"https:\/\/metro.co.uk\/tag\/russia\/\">Russia<\/a>’s nighttime strikes have strained Ukraine’s air defences, and last night was no different.<\/p>\n<p>At least one person has been killed and seven others injured in Kyiv, where its 3.7 million residents are exhausted and on edge.<\/p>\n<p>Explosions lit up the night sky as the high-pitched whine of drone engines echoed off the walls of the capital’s high-rise buildings.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Vitali Klitschko said rescuers and medics were working on sites in four districts.<\/p>\n<p>A subway station in central Kyiv, commercial property, shops, houses and a kindergarten have been heavily damaged.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"431\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23710803 lazyload\" alt=\"A woman with a carimat walks past wreckage near a metro station following a Russian attack in Kyiv on July 21, 2025, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian strikes on Ukraine's capital Kyiv on July 21 killed at least one person and left a shop and school on fire, according to city officials. Four districts of the city were attacked, with reports of burning residential buildings, a kiosk and a kindergarten, Kyiv's mayor Vitali Klitschko said in another Telegram post. (Photo by OLEKSII FILIPPOV \/ AFP) (Photo by OLEKSII FILIPPOV\/AFP via Getty Images)\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_259634846-6842.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>A woman walks past wreckage near a metro station following a Russian attack in Kyiv on July 21, 2025 (Picture: AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Footage shows the Lukianivska metro station filling with smoke and debris as residents who were shielded inside the makeshift bomb shelter scrambled for safety.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine’s air force said that Russia launched 426 drones and 24 missiles overnight across the country, but that only 23 drones hit their targets.<\/p>\n<p>At the scene of a strike, dazed residents stood amid shattered glass and scorched walls, surveying the damage after a drone hit the lower floors of an apartment building.<\/p>\n<p>In the region of Ivano-Frankivsk, several hundred miles west of Kyiv, four people including a 12-year-old boy were injured in the overnight attack, according to the state emergencies service.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"img-container shareable-item wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"img-wrap\">\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"460\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"article-image wp-image-23712369 lazyload\" alt=\"epaselect epa12250590 A local man reacts at the site of a drone strike on a residential building in Kyiv, Ukraine, 21 July 2025, amid the Russian invasion. At least two people died and 15 people were injured after Russian forces launched an overnight large-scale combined attack with at least 24 missiles and 426 drones across Ukraine, the State Emergency Service (SES) of Ukraine reported. EPA\/SERGEY DOLZHENKO\" loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.airnetaccess.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/SEI_259646316-02dd.jpg\">\t<\/div><figcaption>At least two people have been killed and 15 more injured after Russian forces launched an overnight large-scale combined attack with at least 24 missiles and 426 drones across Ukraine (Picture: EPA)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Attack drones were also intercepted over the regions of Sumy, Kirovohrad, Khmelnytskyi, Mykolaiv, Poltava, and Kherson.<\/p>\n<p>Volodymyr Zelensky said on X: ‘Throughout the night, Russia launched more than 420 drones and over 20 missiles, including ballistic ones. <\/p>\n<p>‘The waves of attacks lasted all night and continued into the morning. 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