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At least 15 civilians killed and 130 others injured in Russian strike on shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih

The Office of the Prosecutor General confirmed the double-tap strike, noting the attack occurred at around 16:30

Russian strike kills at least 15 and injures 40 in Kyiv as Ukraine grapples with air defence shortages (updated)

The latest strikes on Kyiv began around midnight local time as air raid sirens sounded across the city, followed by the impact of around 20 Russian missiles

Eleven Peruvians killed fighting for Russia in Ukraine, more than 100 missing – Peru’s government

The Foreign Affairs Ministry said in total more than 450 Peruvians had joined Russia's military

Ukraine investigates over 16,000 Russian drone strikes on civilians

Kravchenko said that the number of such crimes has been increasing each year. Law enforcement authorities recorded 187 cases in 2022 and 2023 combined. In 2024, there were 2,685 cases; in 2025, the number rose to 7,787

Russian forces executed a captured Ukrainian soldier in the Donetsk region

Ukrainian authorities have launched an investigation into the fatal shooting of a captured Ukrainian soldier by Russian forces in the Volnovakha District

Crimean Tatar women facing aggression in occupied Crimea, rights advocate says

At least two attacks on Crimean Tatar women in temporarily occupied Crimea over the summer of 2026: one was threatened with a knife, and neighbours attempted to tear off another's headscarf, Crimean Tatar human rights defender and journalist Lutfiye Zudiyeva reported

Three killed, including a child, in overnight Russian attack on Kyiv and surrounding region

Russians killed at least three people, including a child born in 2022, in overnight ballistic attacks near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv

Ethiopia targets independent media in escalating press freedom crackdown – rights groups

The Committee to Protect Journalists and Human Rights Watch say a raid on the offices of the Addis Standard was part of a wider pattern of targeting independent media

West’s efforts to counter Russia’s shadow fleet are ‘imitation’ – maritime expert

Western sanctions against Russia's oil trade exist on paper but their enforcement is little more than a sham, with NATO-linked companies continuing to transport half of Moscow's oil exports, Ukrainian maritime expert Andrii Klymenko said in Kyiv

Russian drone strike on market in Sumy Oblast injures 10, two critically

Moreover, on the night of 5-6 August, Russian forces launched four guided aerial bombs in an attack on Sumy, leaving at least 12 people injured and causing extensive damage

Russia steps up pressure on exiled journalists: Reporters Without Borders condemns new repressive law

Russian authorities continue to expand the legal mechanisms they use to persecute independent journalists. Reporters Without Borders (RSF) has condemned a new law unanimously passed by the Russian State Duma on 24 July, 2026. The law imposes further restrictions on people designated as "foreign agents" in Russia or linked to so-called "undesirable organisations"

Russia strikes civilian ship in Black Sea: One dead, several wounded

One person was killed and three others were wounded in a Russian strike on a civilian vessel in the Black Sea off the Odesa Region (Oblast)

Crimean political prisoner Larysa Haidai loses weight and grows weak behind bars, Crimean Human Rights Group says

A 62-year-old Crimean political prisoner, Larysa Haidai, has lost 15 kilograms and become weaker after being held completely incommunicado by Russian occupying forces for more than two years

Crimean political prisoner Yevhen Shved, already sentenced twice, charged with “high treason”

Russian occupation authorities have brought a new charge of "high treason" against Crimean political prisoner Yevhen Shved, whom they have already sentenced twice, Vladyslav Yesypenko, a journalist and former Kremlin prisoner

Russia designated U.S.-based Crimean Tatar Foundation an “undesirable organisation”

Russian prosecutors also claim that the Crimean Tatar Foundation organises lectures, conferences and exhibitions covering the deportation of the Crimean Tatar people, Russia’s occupation of Crimea and its war against Ukraine

Seventeen killed, dozens wounded in overnight Russian strike on Kyiv and surrounding region

Russian military strikes overnight into August 5, 2026, killed 17 civilians and wounded more than 50 others in Kyiv and the Kyiv region

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill links nuclear weapons to God’s grace

Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill spoke about the creation and purpose of Russia's nuclear weapons during a speech to worshippers at the Holy Trinity-St. Seraphim-Diveyevo Convent in the Nizhny Novgorod Oblast.

Russian “human safari”: Video shows drone chasing and attacking street vendor in Kherson

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russian soldiers of taking pleasure in killing people. After footage emerged showing a Ukrainian market trader being chased by a drone, the 52-year-old was selling vegetables in the Kherson Region (Oblast) when a drone circled his vehicle and then exploded, leaving him with a concussion and shrapnel wounds

Children killed and others wounded as Russian strikes hit Odesa, Sumy, Donetsk, and Kherson regions

Russian military strikes overnight and on the morning of August 4, 2026, killed and wounded civilians across the Odesa, Sumy, Donetsk and Kherson Regions (Oblasts

Russian strike on petrol station in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Oblast kills three, including 8-year-old child

Russian forces killed three people, including an eight-year-old child, in their strike on a petrol station in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on the afternoon of 3 August

Four Ukrainian сhildren return from Russian-occupied territories with U.S. First Lady’s support

International humanitarian law prohibits the forcible transfer and deportation of children and any change to their personal status, and obliges parties to an armed conflict to facilitate the reunification of children with their families

Russian drone strikes kill two civilians and injure 12 in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 1 August

Russians killed two and injured 12 other civilians, including a 16-year-old young man, with an FPV drone in the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on 1 August 2026

Russians kill at least nine in Kyiv in ballistic missile strikes overnight (updating)

Russian forces launched a combined strike on Kyiv and the Kyiv region overnight on 1 August 2026. At least nine people have been killed in Russian ballistic missile strikes on Kyiv, local officials stated. A further 28 people were injured in the attack on the Ukrainian capital overnight, according to the country's State Emergency Service