Kyiv
Russian drones attacked Kyiv on July 30. Debris from downed drones was recorded in the Solomyanskyi district, resulting in 8 casualties, including two children.
As a result of the Russian drone attack in Kyiv, five people were injured, including a mother and child. Drone debris caused fires and damage to buildings in the Solomyanskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts.
The daughter of US Special Representative for Ukraine Kurt Kellogg, Megan Mobbs, commented on the massive attack on Kyiv. She believes that this is Putin's response to Trump's deadline and a test of America's resolve.
On the night of July 31, Russian drones attacked Kyiv, causing fires and destruction. About ten affected locations were recorded, and one person suffered burns.
A team of medics has departed for the Solomyanskyi district of Kyiv. At least eight enemy UAVs have been detected over the city.
In Kyiv, on the evening of July 30, as a result of a Russian UAV attack, debris fell in the Solomyanskyi district. At one of the locations, cars are burning, there are no casualties.
Explosions are heard in Kyiv, air defense is working. Enemy UAVs are entering the city from different directions.
Traffic is partially restricted on Lavrska Street in Kyiv. The reason is an emergency subsidence of the road surface between Zaperechernyi and Novonavodnytskyi lanes.
Oleksandr Zyma, director of the NBU's legal department, against whom criminal proceedings have been initiated, received over one million hryvnias in salary for July. Zyma's total income last year amounted to over 8.5 million hryvnias.
On July 30, Kyiv was hit by a heavy downpour, which restricted traffic on a number of streets. The Promenada shopping center was flooded.
In Lithuania, the military has been searching for a drone that may have flown in from Belarus for the third day. The search is focused north of Kaunas, a helicopter has been involved, and over 100 people have been interviewed.
Zhytniy Market in Podil has been added to the List of Newly Discovered Cultural Heritage Sites of Kyiv. This allows only restoration work to be carried out on the site, protecting it from demolition.
The man was sentenced to three years in prison. He broke the nose of a TCC employee during a document check.
A 14-year-old boy died in an ambulance after a gunshot wound to the head. The pistol from which the shot was fired belongs to the deceased's brother.
On July 31, predominantly dry weather is expected in Ukraine, with the exception of thunderstorms in Chernihiv region, Sumy region, and Poltava region. Air temperature will decrease, ranging from +20°C in the north to +32°C in the south.
On the "Zoloty Bereh" beach in Odesa, three teenagers on a mattress were carried out to sea; they were rescued. A similar incident occurred on the "Vidrada" beach with three men, who were also rescued.
In the first half of 2025, Kyiv, Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Odesa, and Kharkiv regions became leaders in new car sales. RENAULT Duster was the bestseller among new cars, while Volkswagen Golf, Tesla Model Y, and Audi Q5 led among used cars.
In May, Ukrainian banks issued 599 mortgage loans totaling UAH 1. 1 billion. Most loans were granted in the primary real estate market, and Kyiv Oblast and Kyiv became leaders in terms of volume.
The former head of the capital's military enlistment office received a suspicion for helping the former head of the Kyiv Metro, Viktor Brahinsky, leave the country. He organized the forgery of documents that allowed Brahinsky to become unfit for military service.
Ukraine's leading allies in Europe plan to approach the EU for tens of billions of euros in loans for joint procurement of weapons for Ukraine and to strengthen their own defense. The SAFE program envisages loans for weapons, financed by EU debt with a 45-year repayment period.
The "Lybidska" metro station in Kyiv was closed due to a suspicious object, which turned out to be a portable bicycle pump. Train movement has been restored, and the metro is operating as usual.
In the Bucha district of Kyiv region, a conflict occurred between a 60-year-old man and a woman, during which the man hit the victim's phone with his hand. The police are investigating the incident, which took place on July 28 in a store in the village of Sofiivska Borshchahivka.
The "Lybidska" metro station in Kyiv has resumed normal operation after checking a foreign object that posed no threat. Earlier, the station's operation was temporarily suspended due to the discovery of a suspicious object.
In Kyiv, a former deputy head of the Obolonsky district department of the executive service and her husband were notified of suspicion. They are involved in the illegal lifting of the arrest from the property of a debtor who owed almost 600,000 hryvnias.
Lybidska metro station in Kyiv has been temporarily closed to passengers due to the discovery of a suspicious object. Trains are passing the station without stopping, and an explosive ordnance disposal team has been called to the scene.
In Kyiv, the head of a communal medical institution and two heads of departments were detained for organizing a scheme of fictitious registration of disability to avoid mobilization. The documented amount of bribes is 11 thousand US dollars and 4196 UAH.
Ukrzaliznytsia strengthened document control during boarding, checking over 300 trains and 41,600 documents since July 25. This led to 38 passengers without tickets and several individuals without documents being denied boarding.
The real estate market in Ukraine is gradually recovering after the shock of the first years of the war, demonstrating stable price growth. The primary market is outpacing the secondary in terms of growth rate, and Ukrainians are considering real estate as a tool for capital preservation.
Since the beginning of 2025, 18 teenagers have died due to violations of railway safety rules, which was a consequence of a dangerous pastime – train surfing. Ukrzaliznytsia, together with the State Emergency Service, the Red Cross, and the Juvenile Police, conducted training for children to prevent similar tragedies.
In the first quarter of 2025, the number of terminated IT individual entrepreneurs reached 16. 7 thousand, which is three times more than last year, due to the restoration of access to the Unified State Register after a cyberattack. However, in the first half of 2025, 18.5 thousand new IT entrepreneurs were registered, which is only 4.8% less than in the same period of 2024.