A residential constructing broken by the latest Russian army strikes and anti-drone nets put in over a road, amid Russia’s assault on Ukraine, within the frontline city Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia area, Ukraine,
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A Russian airstrike on a jail in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region killed a minimum of 17 inmates and wounded greater than 80 others, Ukrainian officers mentioned Tuesday (July 29, 2025).
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Within the Dnipro area, authorities reported a minimum of 4 folks killed and eight injured.
Ukraine’s Air Power mentioned that Russia launched two Iskander-M ballistic missiles together with 37 Shahed-type strike drones and decoy UAVs. They are saying 32 Shahed drones have been intercepted or neutralised by Ukrainian air defenses.
The assault late Monday hit the Bilenkivska Correctional Colony with 4 guided aerial bombs, based on the State Felony Govt Service of Ukraine.
At the very least 42 inmates have been hospitalised with critical accidents, whereas one other 40 folks, together with one workers member, sustained varied accidents.
The strike destroyed the jail’s eating corridor, broken administrative and quarantine buildings, however the perimeter fence held and no escapes have been reported, authorities mentioned.
Ukrainian officers condemned the assault, saying that focusing on civilian infrastructure, equivalent to prisons, is a warfare crime below worldwide conventions.
In Dnipro, missiles hit town of Kamianske, partially destroying a three-story constructing and damaging close by medical services together with a maternity hospital and a metropolis hospital ward. Two folks have been killed and 5 have been wounded, together with a pregnant girl who’s now in a critical situation, based on regional head Serhii Lysak.
Additional Russian assaults hit communities in Synelnykivskyi district with FPV drones and aerial bombs, killing a minimum of one individual and injuring two others.
In keeping with Lysak, Russian forces additionally focused the neighborhood of Velykomykhailivska, killing a 75-year-old girl and injuring a 68-year-old man.
Printed – July 29, 2025 11:54 am IST
