Seven people were killed and 29 injured in Russian attacks in Ukraine last day

At least seven people were killed and at least 29 injured in Russian attacks in Ukraine over the past day, regional authorities said on July 13.

Ukrainian forces have shot down four of the five Shahed drones launched by Russia overnight, Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshchuk reported.

Another drone entered the airspace of the Belarusian Gomel region, which borders the Ukrainian regions of Chernihiv and Kyiv, he added.

Mobile fire groups were involved in repelling the air strikes. The drones were intercepted over the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions.

Russia attacked a total of eight Ukrainian regions last day: Zaporizhia, Chernihiv, Luhansk, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kharkiv and Donetsk. Casualties were reported in the last three regions.

In Donetsk region, four people were killed and nine others injured in the town of Myrnohrad, Governor Vadym Filashkin reported.

Two civilians were killed and three wounded in a Russian attack on the town of Kostiantynivka and an industrial facility was damaged, the governor said. Seven more people were injured in Lyman and three more in Chasiv Yar, Leonidivka and Novomykolaivka, he added.

In Kherson Oblast, Russian forces attacked 14 settlements, including the regional center of Kherson. One person was killed and six were injured over the past day, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported.

According to Governor Oleh Syniehubov, a 68-year-old woman was injured in the attack by Russian troops on the city of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast.

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