July 6 (UPI) -- At least 13 people were killed and 46 injured, five of them children, in a major Russian airborne assault on Kyiv overnight, a day before NATO heads of state and government gather for their annual summit with Ukraine a top agenda item.

At least 13 people were killed and dozens more injured after Russia launched one of its largest combined aerial assaults on Kyiv overnight between July 1 and July 2, striking the Ukrainian capital with waves of drones, cruise missiles, and ballistic missiles. Search-and-rescue operations continued throughout the day as emergency crews worked through the rubble of damaged residential buildings, with officials warning that the death toll could still rise.