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Russian strikes across Ukraine kills at least seven, injures 65 in a single day (updated)
The rescue operation is ongoing, and information regarding the aftermath of the strike is being clarified
Russian attack in Kyiv injures 10, including a child overnight
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that over the course of the night, 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
UK condemns Russia’s militarization and indoctrination of Ukrainian children, demands release of Ivan Zabavskyi and detained OSCE staff
The report published by the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights concluded that Russia has violated International Humanitarian Law on a grand scale and is responsible for numerous and overlapping violations of International Human Rights Law.
Russian soldier Mumadi Magomedov charged in absentia with raping minor in Kherson Oblast
Magomedov is suspected of abducting a minor from a village street on March 24, 2024, along with an unidentified Russian soldier using the call sign "Khoma"
Russian strike on Kyiv Oblast at least 26, injures 64; Ukraine intercepts no ballistic missiles amid lack of Patriot missiles (updated)
Kyiv Mayor Vitaly Klitschko stated that Russian ballistic missiles hit several buildings across the city. According to Klitschko, fires had broken out in some apartment complexes
Netherlands to host full Special Tribunal on Russia’s aggression against Ukraine
The Minister said the Netherlands decided to host not only the preparatory phases of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine (Phase 0 – Advance Team; Phase 1 – Skeleton Tribunal), but also its full operational phase (Phase 2 – fully fledged operational Special Tribunal)
Russian aerial bomb attack on Sumy kills 4, including civilians, injures children (updated)
According to the Regional Military Administration, at least three people were killed. Several others were injured, including a 13-year-old child, and are being transported to hospitals
At least 40 Ukrainian civilians killed and 149 others injured in Russian strikes on 2 July
At least 40 Ukrainian civilians were killed and more than 100 others injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine on 2 July 2026, according to the National Police of Ukraine
Russians kill at least 31 Ukrainian in large-scale missile and drone strikes on Kyiv (updated)
Ukraine's air force said Russia had launched 74 missiles and 496 drones overnight, mainly targeting the capital. While the country's air defences were able to repel most of these, 25 ballistic missiles and 12 drones struck 33 locations
Russian strikes kill 14 civilians in Ukraine on 29 June
Russian strikes killed 11 civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv regions (oblasts) on 29 June, while at least 98 others were injured in attacks that also affected the Kherson, Chernihiv and Donetsk Oblasts
Russian strikes kill at least 10, injure 39 across Dnipro and Zaporizhzhia on June 29 (updated)
Five people are in a critical condition in Dnipro – they are men aged 22, 33, 54, 58 and 59
Melitopol journalist Anastasiia Hlukhovska declares hunger strike in Russian detention centre
Anastasiia Hlukhovska has been held in Russian captivity for almost three years in an incommunicado status. Since her abduction in August 2023, Russia has effectively held her without contact with the outside world and without officially confirming her place of detention
Russian strikes kill five and wound 29 across five Ukrainian regions overnight
Russians killed five people and injured 29 others in strikes across Donetsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk regions on June 22, 2026
UN Secretary-General calls on Russia to preserve the legal identity of Ukrainian children and to return them
The UN Secretary-General's annual report on children and armed conflict, covering 2025, also verified 1,899 grave violations against 781 children in Ukraine - 447 boys and 334 girls
Russian attacks kill at least six civilians across Ukraine overnight, Egyptian sailor dies after strike on cargo ship in Black Sea
In the Sumy Oblast, Russian shelling killed a 13-year-old boy, his father and his grandmother. The boy's 31-year-old mother, his 10-year-old brother and his 13-year-old sister have been injured
Russian FPV drone kills three civilians, including elderly mother and son, in Nikopol, Dnipropetrovsk region
According to Hanzha, those killed are an 87-year-old mother and her 51-year-old son. "Law enforcement officers are currently establishing the identity of the third victim," the administration reported
“War is when your sister dies of her wounds in your arms while Russians torture your son for ten months”: how a mother searched for missing Ivan Zabavskyi in Russia
Ivan Zabavskyi, a resident of Tavilzhanka in the Kharkiv Oblast, was subjected to such a Russian sham trial. He was abducted while travelling to pick up his mother from occupied territory and was subsequently held in basements, where he was tortured and forced to sign a "confession" to a crime he had not committed
Russian strikes kill at least 13 and set fire to Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra (updated)
The city suffered extensive destruction, including the 11th-century Dormition Cathedral in the territory of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra and the Anti-Corruption Court building
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