On the afternoon of July 26, Russian forces launched guided aerial bombs at the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing one person and injuring six others, local authorities reported. According to Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, the strikes targeted the regional center. Medical personnel are currently providing care to the injured.JOIN US ON TELEGRAMFollow our coverage of the war on the @Kyivpost_official.
The Zaporizhzhia Regional Prosecutor’s Office stated that the guided bombs struck a gas station and warehouse facilities, destroying a vehicle. The resulting blast wave and falling debris also damaged a multi-story residential building and a nearby educational institution. The prosecutor’s office has initiated a pre-trial investigation into the incident under the classification of a war crime resulting in death.
Overnight barrage across Ukraine The daytime attack on Zaporizhzhia followed a massive overnight drone and missile barrage across multiple Ukrainian regions that caused additional casualties and infrastructure damage. In the northeastern city of Kharkiv, the casualty toll from a drone strike on a residential neighborhood rose to one confirmed fatality and nine injured individuals, including two children. Earlier on the morning of July 26, a separate fiber-optic FPV drone struck a bakery delivery truck in the city’s Shevchenkivskyi district, injuring the 43-year-old driver. In the central city of Kryvyi Rih, emergency services continued operations to extinguish a large fire at a construction hypermarket caused by a targeted strike.
