Key facts
- Russian forces struck Zaporizhzhia with five guided aerial bombs on July 23, injuring at least 25 people, including six children.
- The attack in Zaporizhzhia damaged a private medical center, residential buildings, a kindergarten, and vehicles.
- In Sloviansk, two aerial bombs injured 14 people and damaged seven apartment buildings.
- Russia has recently conducted widespread ballistic missile and drone strikes across Ukraine, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries.
- Ukraine claims to have disabled nearly 43% of Russia's oil refining capacity through drone attacks.
Russian forces struck the southern city of Zaporizhzhia with five guided aerial bombs on the evening of July 23, injuring at least 25 people, including six children, regional authorities reported. The attack caused significant damage to civilian infrastructure, including a private medical center, residential buildings, a kindergarten, and several vehicles.
In Sloviansk, a city in the eastern Donetsk region, two aerial bombs injured 14 people and damaged seven apartment buildings, according to Regional Governor Vadym Filashkin. Pictures depicted one building with a collapsed section.
These strikes are part of a broader pattern of Russian attacks across Ukraine. Officials stated that Russia recently carried out a wave of ballistic missile and drone strikes, resulting in multiple fatalities and injuries in cities including Kharkiv, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Sumy. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the Kyiv raid as "one of the most massive ballistic attacks" since the full-scale invasion.
Ukraine's navy reported five deaths when a Turkish-owned civilian cargo ship was hit by Russian missiles in the Black Sea. Ukraine also claimed to have hit three Russian oil tankers and three oil depots in the southern Stavropol region, targeting facilities that "finance Russian aggression." The Caspian Pipeline Consortium reported its terminal was hit, damaging two tankers and suspending oil loading operations.
Ukraine has intensified its long-range drone attacks on Russia's critical energy infrastructure, with Kyiv claiming nearly 43% of Russia's oil refining capacity has been "disabled."