# [24H] Renewed Russian Missile Salvos on Kyiv Likely as Hypersonic Strike Pattern Entrenches

*Issued Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 2:02 AM UTC — Hamer Intelligence Services Desk*

**Issued**: 2026-08-01T02:02:23.662Z (5h ago)
**Expires**: 2026-08-02T02:02:23.662Z (19h from now)
**Category**: MILITARY | **Confidence**: 70% | **Impact**: HIGH
**Risk Direction**: escalatory
**Affected Regions**: Kyiv City, Kyiv Oblast, Central Ukraine
**Affected Assets**: Ukraine power grid infrastructure, Ukrainian rail and logistics hubs, European electricity and gas-balancing trades (via Ukraine transit risk)
**Permalink**: https://hamerintel.com/data/forecasts/18735.md
**Source**: https://hamerintel.com/forecasts

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## Prediction

Within the next 24 hours, Russia is likely to launch at least one additional mixed Iskander–Zircon strike package toward Kyiv or nearby infrastructure nodes. Ukrainian air defenses, already struggling to intercept recent barrages, will face growing depletion of high-end interceptors around the capital. Continued attacks would increase damage risk to CHP‑5 and water/power systems, forcing Kyiv to reallocate limited air-defense assets away from frontline cities. Confirmation would be new launch reports from Bryansk/Kursk and air-raid alerts over Kyiv; denial would be a 24‑hour pause accompanied by Russian messaging framing the recent strikes as a discrete punishment operation.

## Drivers

- Multiple large mixed Iskander–Zircon salvos on Kyiv in last 24–48 hours
- Repeated impacts and fires near CHP‑5 and critical utilities
- Reporting that Patriot and similar systems did not effectively engage several waves