Russian forces launched a large-scale nighttime assault on Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk and Kharkiv areas, leaving a number of individuals lifeless and injured, and inflicting in depth harm.
Within the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, the assault struck town of Dnipro and surrounding areas with missiles, drones, and guided bombs.
Based on Serhiy Lysak, head of the regional navy administration, the “large” assault killed a person and injured a lady in Dnipro metropolis. Residential high-rises, industrial enterprises, and parking tons suffered direct hits, igniting main fires.
Within the Dnipro district, fires broke out at a shopping mall, numerous enterprises, and areas of dry grass, leading to one extra fatality and 4 extra individuals injured.
Russian forces additionally bombed the Pokrovske neighborhood with guided aerial munitions, sparking additional blazes.
Ukraine’s navy stated air defenses intercepted seven missiles and 26 drones through the assault.
Kharkiv additionally got here below extended bombardment lasting practically three hours, involving over 20 strikes, together with 4 guided bombs, two ballistic missiles, and 15 Shahed kamikaze drones, in line with Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov.
Seven main fires ignited within the metropolis’s Kyiv district. Emergency companies reported 5 individuals injured, together with three rescuers wounded by a second strike whereas responding to the aftermath of the primary. Hearth crews managed to avoid wasting six individuals, together with two youngsters, earlier than three of their firefighting autos have been destroyed.
Throughout the border, the performing governor of Russia’s Rostov area Yury Slyusar stated two individuals died after a drone strike began a automotive hearth.
In the meantime, within the early hours of July 26, a drone strike hit the Russian metropolis of Stavropol. Native residents reported listening to a collection of loud explosions. The obvious goal was the Sign protection plant, a facility concerned in producing digital warfare techniques for plane and floor forces.
The assaults got here a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy introduced that his nation had secured funding for 3 Patriot missile protection techniques and is negotiating for seven extra, following a brand new settlement that permits European allies to purchase US weaponry for Kyiv.
The announcement got here two weeks after US President Donald Trump gave Russia a 50-day deadline to achieve a settlement on the battle or face steep tariffs, and signaled intent to provide Ukraine with extra defensive weapons by European companions.
Based on Zelenskyy, Germany and Norway have every pledged Patriot techniques, and talks with the Netherlands are ongoing. As well as, Kyiv and Washington have agreed to a deal — estimated at between $10 billion and $30 billion — for Ukraine to export drones to the USA.
Since taking workplace six months in the past, Trump has tried to dealer an finish to the battle, however Russian President Vladimir Putin has rejected US requires a cease-fire.
In response to this deadlock, Trump has approved the discharge of weapons to Ukraine that have been beforehand withheld in efforts to not antagonize Russia.
