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Kyiv under missile attack on 5 August 2026
Summary
A look back at a Russian strike on Kyiv that killed at least 17 people, and at an opposition politician's departure from Russia two days earlier.
What did the barrage on Kyiv on 5 August 2026 reveal about Ukraine's air defences? According to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, none of the missiles was intercepted, because of a shortage of Patriot missiles.
Russian forces launched dozens of ballistic missiles and drones at Kyiv that day. At least 17 people were killed, including eight civilians at a railway station in Kyiv Oblast, and dozens more were wounded.
A departure from Russia
Two days earlier, on 3 August 2026, Russian opposition politician Boris Nadezhdin announced that he had fled Russia for France. He had tried to contest the 2024 presidential election on a platform against the war. He said the move followed growing pressure on him and his family.
