Key facts
- At least 9 people were killed and 43 injured across Ukraine in the past day due to Russian attacks.
- A jet-powered drone struck a shopping center in Odesa Oblast, injuring seven people.
- Russian forces launched 128 drones across Ukraine overnight, with 106 being downed by air defenses.
- July 2026 recorded the highest civilian casualties in Ukraine since March 2022, with 437 killed and 2,610 injured.
- Child casualties in July reached their highest level since April 2022.
Russian forces conducted widespread attacks across Ukraine over the past day, resulting in at least nine fatalities and 43 injuries. In the southern Odesa Oblast, a jet-powered drone struck a shopping center on the outskirts of Odesa, injuring seven people, including a family. Another strike in the same region damaged a civilian vessel and injured four individuals. Overnight, Russia launched 128 drones across the country, with Ukrainian air defenses intercepting 106. However, some drones breached defenses, hitting 14 locations. In eastern Donetsk Oblast, two people were killed and 11 injured in Kramatorsk, with additional injuries reported elsewhere in the region. Kherson Oblast saw two men killed by an FPV drone attack, and six others injured. Zaporizhzhia Oblast reported two deaths and three injuries from guided aerial bombs. Sumy Oblast recorded two fatalities and three injuries, while Dnipropetrovsk Oblast had one death and six injuries. Kharkiv Oblast also experienced attacks, with three people injured in Izium. These recent casualties contribute to a grim trend, as July 2026 marked the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since March 2022, according to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission, with child casualties also reaching a high since April 2022.