Russians killed seven civilians, including two children, and injured 43 people in Zaporizhzhia Oblast

Russians killed seven civilians, including two children, at Vilniansk City in the Zaporizhzhia District on the evening of Saturday, June 29, 2024. In addition, 43 residents, including nine children, were injured.

he number of casualties was confirmed by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine and National Police of Ukraine.

The Head of Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration, Ivan Fedorov, wrote on Telegram that a critical infrastructure facility, a shop, and several residential buildings were damaged.

According to Fedorov, Russian forces launched a missile strike on Vilniansk “in the middle of the day on a weekend, in the city centre where there is no military infrastructure and where people were enjoying their weekend.”

Moreover, three people were injured in a Russian attack on the town of Derhachi, Kharkiv Oblast. Viacheslav Zadorenko, the Head of the Derhachi City Military Administration, called this attack the most massive since 2022.

The latest information suggests that four aerial bombs were dropped on the city (reportedly, [these were] D-30SM UMPBs – unified multipurpose glide bombs). Two men aged 68 and 75 sustained shrapnel wounds and were hospitalised. Another 71-year-old woman suffered an acute stress reaction. Pets were also injured,” Zadorenko wrote on Telegram. 

The attack damaged at least three five-storey, two two-storey, and 20 private buildings, outbuildings, a garage cooperative, cars of local residents, and one civilian business. Power lines were also partially destroyed.

In addition, Russian Armed Forces killed four civilians and injured seven more in attacks on Donetsk Oblast on 29 June.

A missile attack on the village of Zarichne also claimed the lives of three people: two women, aged 44 and 64, and a 40-year-old man. Additionally, a 59-year-old resident of the village of New-York sustained fatal injuries.

Seven more civilians sustained injuries of varying severity. In particular, a woman and a man in their 60s sustained shrapnel wounds to their legs in Toretsk in a Russian airstrike, likely due to KAB-250 guided aerial bombs.

Additionally, two local women were injured in the village of New-York. One of them is in a serious condition. Two more men, aged 51 and 65, and a 56-year-old woman were injured in Russian attacks on the villages of Torske, Kurakhivka, and Shcherbynivka.

Private households in the settlements were damaged by blast waves and fire.