Russian strikes across Ukraine kills at least seven, injures 65 in a single day (updated)
Russian drone and aerial bomb attacks on July 11, 2026, killed at least seven people and injured 65 others, targeting civilian infrastructure, port facilities and residential areas across multiple Ukrainian regions.
Aftermath of the Russian attack in Sumy on 11 July 2026Russian forces struck civilian infrastructure in the Zarichnyi District of Sumy city with three guided aerial bombs on the afternoon of July 11, 2026. The attack killed four people and injured seven others, Oleh Hryhorov, head of the Sumy Oblast Military Administration, stated.
According to Hryhorov, all seven of the injured were taken to hospitals.
The aftermath of Russian strike in SumyThe rescue operation is ongoing, and information regarding the aftermath of the strike is being clarified.
Authorities are urging local residents to remain in safe locations and to avoid approaching the impact sites due to the threat of follow-up attacks.
Update: On 12 July, Hryhorov updated casualty data, stating that a strike involving three guided aerial bombs killed five civilians. So far, 43 people have sought medical attention, with five of them remaining in critical condition.
In addtion, the Ministry of Communities and Territories Development of Ukraine stated that Russians struck a port and civilian shipping in the Odesa Oblast, killing two truck drivers and injuring two other people. They also damaged cargo vehicles. The Russian strike damaged a civilian merchant vessel sailing under the flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis. A fire broke out on board but was promptly extinguished, and no injuries were reported.
A strike site at the portA Russian drone also struck a civilian enterprise in the Nemyshlianskyi District of Kharkiv, injuring seven people.
In addition, the Russian attack on Kyiv overnight on July 11 left 10 people injured, including one child.
The Kherson City Military Administration reported that Russian forces have attacked civilians with drones in Kherson’s Korabelnyi District on the morning of 11 July, injuring three people.
Russian forces attacked the Poltava District in the morning, where a strike drone hit a local company’s warehouse. As of now, emergency services have not received any reports of injuries, Vitalii Diakivnych, head of the Poltava Oblast Military Administration, reported. Units of the SES of Ukraine arrived promptly at the scene and have fully extinguished the blaze.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that over the course of the night on 11 July, Russians launched more than 120 drones and 12 missiles, half of them ballistic. Our defenders managed to shoot down most of the targets – but not the ballistic ones.
“We expect our partners to deliver on their promises regarding support packages agreed at the NATO Summit to help protect our people. We must move as swiftly as possible on licensing agreements for Patriots and the joint European anti-ballistic defence project,” the President stated.
Previously, the Donetsk Oblast Military Administration stated that seven civilians were killed in the Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast on 10 July, 2026. Five people were killed in Bilenke and two in Shebelkivka. Another 21 people were injured: seven in Bilenke, seven in Kramatorsk, three in Bylbasivka, two in Sloviansk, one in Druzhkivka and one in Oleksiievo-Druzhkivka.
Infographics by the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in UkraineHuman 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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