Russian forces launched widespread overnight attacks across Ukraine, resulting in at least eight fatalities and dozens of injuries, according to officials. The assaults, which spanned from the country's east to its west, represent the latest in a series of intensified large-scale strikes by Russia that have become nearly a weekly occurrence over the summer.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the capital, Kyiv, and surrounding areas, along with the Dnipro, Lviv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy, and Ivano-Frankivsk regions, were targeted. He reported that dozens of homes, businesses, and infrastructure facilities sustained damage or destruction. Zelenskyy indicated that Russia deployed over 70 missiles, a significant portion of which were ballistic, and more than 280 attack drones, with over 260 of the drones being intercepted.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, six people were killed and 10 injured in a mass attack that also damaged or destroyed civilian infrastructure, said Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the regional military administration. Among the deceased were children aged 6, 11, and 17 in the Kryvyi Rih area, whose parents were also killed in the same incident. Two additional children were reportedly rescued alive from the rubble.
In the Poltava region, a drone strike hit warehouses at a private enterprise, killing one person, according to regional head Vitalii Diakivnych. A delivery hub was also attacked, causing a fire at warehouses that was extinguished by emergency services with no injuries reported.
In Lviv, the number of people injured in a Russian missile attack reached 30 as rescue operations continued, said Maksym Kozytskyi, head of the Lviv regional military administration. The city was struck around 4:45 a.m., with significant damage reported in two residential buildings. Over 20 residential buildings, a school, and two kindergartens were damaged, and children were among those injured, with one child hospitalized.
In Kyiv, ballistic missiles struck the capital, killing a 31-year-old man and wounding two others, according to the National Police. Residential buildings, a market, a garage cooperative, storage facilities, and vehicles were damaged.
Russia's Defense Ministry claimed that its armed forces conducted a massive strike on air bases, arms factories, and military telecommunications and logistics facilities in several Ukrainian regions. The ministry also stated that military forces hit a ship in the Pivdennyi port and two ships near Odesa.
Meanwhile, Russia's Defense Ministry reported that its air defenses intercepted 258 Ukrainian drones overnight. In Russia, a depot belonging to online retailer Wildberries in Penza was set ablaze, injuring one person and leading to the evacuation of 200 workers. A Wildberries warehouse in Sarapul was also reportedly hit by a Ukrainian drone and caught fire, with workers safely evacuated.