Russian strikes kill six in Sumy and Zaporizhzhia as Moscow claims capture of Kostjantynivka
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Russian strikes kill six in Sumy and Zaporizhzhia as Moscow claims capture of Kostjantynivka
Russian strikes kill civilians as Ukraine intensifies cross-border attacks on Russian military and energy sites
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Russian strikes kill six in Sumy and Zaporizhzhia as Moscow claims capture of Kostjantynivka
Six people were killed and nearly 50 wounded on Friday night as Russian forces launched missile and drone attacks on the northern Ukrainian city of Sumy and the southern region of Zaporizhzhia, officials said on Saturday. In Sumy, a guided bomb strike on a residential area killed four people, including a child, and injured 27 others, while in Zaporizhzhia regional authorities reported two fatalities and 23 injuries from separate strikes. The attacks came as Kyiv observed a national day of mourning for 30 civilians killed and 91 wounded in Russia’s deadliest strike on the capital this year, which levelled more than 130 buildings and damaged 20 educational institutions overnight on 2–3 July.
Moscow simultaneously asserted control over Kostjantynivka, a strategic stronghold in Donetsk Oblast that had long served as a Ukrainian bastion on the road to remaining government-held cities in the east. Russia’s defence ministry said its forces had “fully captured” the city, a claim that could not be independently verified. Ukrainian officials have not commented on the claim, which follows days of intense fighting in the Slobozhanshchyna, Kupiansk, Lyman and Pokrovsk sectors, where the General Staff reported 268 clashes and 93 air strikes on Friday alone.
The escalation coincided with a Ukrainian drone strike on an oil terminal in St. Petersburg early on Saturday, which sent plumes of smoke billowing over the city’s port area and triggered emergency responses across the Leningrad Oblast. Russian Telegram channels published footage showing fires at the facility, while Moscow’s mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, said air defences had intercepted 16 drones bound for the capital. No immediate casualties were reported in the overnight attack, but Sobyanin said emergency crews were working at debris impact sites.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky used the weekend’s violence to renew calls for Europe and the G7 to intensify pressure on Russia’s shadow oil fleet, which has allowed Moscow to circumvent sanctions and fund its war effort. In a post on social media, Zelensky urged Western allies to “squeeze the aggressor’s energy lifeline” while accelerating deliveries of air-defence systems. The Ukrainian military also claimed a separate strike on the Saki air base in occupied Crimea, saying drones destroyed multiple hangars and at least seven aircraft, including Su-30SM, Su-30 and Su-24 jets.
Russian losses continued to mount, with the General Staff reporting 1,190 soldiers killed or wounded over the past 24 hours, along with the destruction of 100 artillery pieces, six anti-aircraft systems and 1,768 drones. The figures came as Moscow sought to replenish its ranks by appealing to students to sign army contracts, a sign of the Kremlin’s struggle to sustain a war now entering its fifth year. Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces intercepted 69 of 86 drones launched overnight, but debris and missile fragments were recorded in more than 20 locations across the country.
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ukrpravda · about 1 month ago
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mastodon bot · about 1 month ago
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