Ten people were killed and nearly 100 injured in Russian attacks in Ukraine last day

At least ten people were killed and at least 99 injured in Russian attacks in Ukraine over the past day, regional authorities said on July 4.

Russia targeted a total of 12 Ukrainian regions – Kyiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhia, Poltava and Donetsk. Casualties were reported in the last seven regions.

At least six people were killed and 55 injured after Russia fired drones and missiles at Dnipro. Dnipropetrovsk Oblast on July 3, officials said.

Five fatalities were reported on the day of the attack, and the sixth person – a 60-year-old woman – died in hospital the following day, Governor Serhii Lysak said.

A shopping center, several cars and a gas station were hit, said Mykola Lukashuk, chairman of the Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Regional Council.

According to Lysak, Russian forces attacked the Nikopol district of the oblast overnight with kamikaze drones and artillery. A 68-year-old woman was hospitalized with moderate illness.

On the morning of July 4, the Russian military also attacked the city of Nikopol. At least one woman and six men suffered shrapnel injuries, the governor reported.

In Kharkiv OblastGovernor Oleh Syniehubov reported that 20 people were injured in the Russian attacks.

Russian troops attacked the city of Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs on July 3, injuring at least 14 people, including children, the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor’s Office reported.

A residential area in the Kyiv district was attacked. At least three guided bombs destroyed two houses, according to Syniehubov.

A woman and two men, ages 74, 75 and 38, suffered injuries, as did an eight-year-old boy who was rescued from the rubble and a two-week-old child, authorities said. said.

The Russian military attacked the village of Ruska Lozova at around 10 a.m. local time on July 3, injuring three men. Later the same day, the Russian army also attacked the village of Kotivka, attacking a farm and injuring one man.

On the morning of July 4, the village of Hluzhkivka came under Russian shelling. One man and one woman were injured. At least eight houses were damaged in the attack, and six others were completely destroyed.

In Zaporizhia OblastA man and a woman were killed in shelling in the Vasilyevka and Polohy districts. Another man was injured, the local military administration reported.

Russian forces have attacked the oblast 391 times, targeting a total of ten settlements over the past day.

In Poltava OblastOne person was killed and three others were injured when rocket debris damaged a school and a kindergarten in Poltava District on July 3, Governor Filip Pronin reported.

In Donetsk OblastIn the town of Druzhkivka in Kramatorsk district, three people were injured in Russian attacks in recent days, according to local governor Vadym Filashkin.

In Kherson OblastRussian forces attacked 24 settlements, including the regional center of Kherson. One person was killed and seven injured over the past day, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported.

Russia launched 22 Shahed drones from the Kursk region overnight on July 4. According to the General Staff, Ukrainian forces shot down 21 drones over Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Poltava oblasts.

In Zhytomyr OblastDrone debris caused a fire in a house and injured a woman. The victim was hospitalized, Governor Vitalii Bunechko reported.

In Chernihiv OblastOn the morning of July 4, an air raid warning lasted almost five hours. One of the Russian drones hit a facility, the local military administration said, without specifying the type.

Due to the Russian strikes, around 5,963 consumers in the oblast have been without electricity since around 8 a.m. local time.

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