Russian strikes kill nine civilians across Ukraine on 27 July

Russian military strikes on 27 July 2026 killed nine civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Donetsk and Kharkiv Regions (Oblasts), while at least 77 others were injured in attacks that also struck the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy Oblasts, the National Police reported.

Those killed in Russian attacks on July 27 included:

• a sailor aboard a vessel in a port in the Mykolaiv Oblast;
• one person in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast;
• two people in the Kherson Oblast;
• a man in Balakliia, Kharkiv Oblast;
• four people in the Donetsk Oblast.

Russian attacks also injured 19 civilians each in the Donetsk and Sumy Oblasts.

In the Donetsk Oblast, those injured included residents of Pryvillia, Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk and Sloviansk. In the Sumy Oblast, residents of at least seven hromadas were injured, including seven children.

In the Kharkiv Oblast, Russian strikes injured 15 civilians, including residents of Kharkiv, Derhachi and Balakliia. In the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, 14 residents, including three children, were injured in Russian attacks.

Eight civilians were injured in the Kherson Oblast. The daily casualty report also included a man who was allegedly to have been injured after triggering a land mine in the city of Kherson.

Two more civilians were injured in Russian attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast.

On 26 July, Russian strikes killed five civilians across Ukraine.

On 7 July, it was reported that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) had decided to reinstate the Russian Olympic Committee. A ban on its operations was imposed on October 12, 2023. Consequently, the IOC has cancelled its March 28, 2023, recommendations regarding the participation of Russian athletes in international competitions in a neutral capacity, as well as the ban on their participation in team events.

Later, Reuters reported that the IOC has no plans to reverse its decision to reinstate the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).

Russian athletes support and participate in their country’s illegal war against Ukraine. Several experts note that Russian athletes use sports for war propaganda.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) has also allowed Russian athletes and technical officials to return to international competitions.

The National Olympic Committee of Ukraine filed a complaint with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne against the International Olympic Committee’s decision on 29 July.

The Ukrainian side argues that the IOC’s decision “contradicts the provisions of the Olympic Charter” and “fails to take into account the actual circumstances” that led to the suspension of the ROC’s membership in 2023.

Ukraine’s NOC also believes the IOC made the decision prematurely and without properly verifying whether the ROC had rectified its violations, namely, the inclusion of sports organisations from the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine into its structure.

Nine European Union member states – Estonia, Denmark, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Romania and Sweden – urged the EU to review its funding for the IOC. 

The IOC and FIVB made the decision after Russian forces killed 682 Ukrainian athletes and coaches. According to Ukrainian Youth and Sports Minister Matvii Bidnyi, 19 are in Russian captivity, and 13 are considered missing.

He also stated that Russian attacks have damaged or destroyed 891 sports facilities.

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