The Palladin Institute of Biochemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, a century-old research center of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, was among the civilian sites damaged in the overnight attack on 2 July, 2026. Russia launched 74 missiles and 496 drones, with Kyiv the main target, according to Ukraine’s air force. It is not clear whether the Palladin was targeted deliberately. Serhiy Komisarenko, university director, says he has not seen a military assessment of what kind of weapons hit the institute.

As morning came, the scene was almost unrecognizable: two of the Palladin’s four buildings ruined, shattered glass strewn across the institute yard, labs flooded by firefighting, and some rooms still too dangerous to enter. The scientific losses are still being assessed, but the destruction threatens the institute’s urgent wartime biomedical research. Since Russia’s full-scale invasion, Palladin scientists have been developing antibleeding agents intended to stop severe hemorrhage – a leading cause of death among soldiers. Researchers are also worried about reagents and frozen samples located in water-damaged buildings that now have no electricity.

Source https://www.science.org/content/article/major-ukraine-research-center-damaged-russian-strikes

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