Russian shelling kills seven and injures 68 civilians across Ukraine on 13 September
Russian military shelling on 13 September killed seven civilians in the Zhytomyr, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk and Sumy Regions (Oblasts), and injured at least 68 more, including in the Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv and Odesa Oblasts, the National Police reported.
A car burns after a Russian strike in the Zaporizhzhia OblastThe victims of the Russian strikes the previous day were:
- two people in the Zhytomyr Oblast;
- two people in the Kherson Oblast;
- a man in Kushuhum in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast;
- three people in Druzhkivka and Kramatorsk in the Donetsk Oblast;
- one person in the Sumy Oblast.
At least 22 civilians sustained injuries due to Russian shelling in the Odesa Oblast, the public broadcaster Suspilne Odesa reported.
In the Kherson Oblast on 13 September, 15 people were injured as a result of a Russian strike, including children and three medical workers from an ambulance targeted by a Russian drone.
In the Donetsk Oblast, Russian military shelling injured 13 civilians, with another six injured in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Five civilians were injured in the Sumy Oblast, and four in each of the Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia Oblasts.
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Previously, the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU) stated in its monthly report that at least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured in Ukraine in July 2026, a 30 per cent increase compared to June 2026 (298 killed; 2,041 injured). It is the highest monthly death toll since the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, UN human rights experts have said.
Despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s promise, the war in Ukraine has not ended 24 hours after his inauguration. His further attempts to facilitate an unconditional ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine have also failed.
Ukrainian experts earlier pointed out that countries, including China, Greece, North Korea, India, Hungary, Slovakia, Iran, and Brazil, assist Moscow in killing Ukrainians in its war against Ukraine by funding the Russian budget through trade.
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Human rights organisations and Ukrainian authorities emphasise that structural economic pressure remains a key tool to halt such atrocities. They urge every nation and individual government worldwide to strictly enforce global sanctions, close existing regulatory loopholes, and completely sever remaining commercial and technological ties with the Russian Federation. Civil society groups stress that any continued cooperation by foreign businesses directly contributes to the resources Moscow uses to sustain its ongoing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Ukraine.
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