Meanwhile, Russian soldiers launched a massive pre-dawn artillery barrage on Kherson, firing 1,000 shells in 40 minutes while attempting to cross the Dnipro River.
Ukrainian air defense intercepted 21 out of 22 Russian drones and reported three ballistic missile strikes on Poltava Oblast in a night of widespread attacks.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reports a massive Russian attack involving more than 200 missiles and drones, causing significant damage to critical infrastructure and civilian casualties.
The report highlights the Russian attack across Ukrainian cities on 8 July, which in one day killed 43 civilians and injured 147, with one of the targets being a children's hospital Okhmatdyt.
On 13 July, Russian forces launched two Iskander-M missile strikes on a railway station in Budy, Kharkiv Oblast, killing the head of the local State Emergency Services and a police officer, who arrived at the station to help after the initial strike.
Ukrainian air defenses successfully intercepted 30 out of 38 Russian missiles during the July 8 attack, which still caused severe damage and numerous casualties.