Zaporizhzhia Oblast faced 425 attacks in 24-hour period, with the Zaporizhzhia city suffering three precision strikes while surrounding towns endured air raids, rocket attacks, and artillery bombardment. An 11-year-old girl was among those injured, receiving hospital treatment before returning home.
Russia is preparing new assault groups and conducting reconnaissance near Orikhiv and Robotyne, with intensified attacks expected within days, according to Ukrainian military intelligence.
Russian forces targeted residential areas and infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia with six aerial bombs, resulting in multiple casualties, Ukrainian authorities report.
Russia's bombing of a residential area in Zaporizhzhia and artillery shelling of a marketplace in Kherson killed at least seven Ukrainians and injured nine others.
Russian forces conducted massive drone and missile assault across Ukraine, with air defenses successfully intercepting 66 Shahed drones. Zaporizhzhia suffered a deadly bombing, while Kharkiv experienced a missile strike.
Russians killed a woman, 74, in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, and three more elderly Ukrainians in Sumy Oblast, including a 73-year-old man and his 72-year-old wife.
Russian forces have carried out over 300 strikes in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, including an attack that destroyed a historic museum, according to Ukrainian officials.
The operation was made possible by Ukrainian citizens' donations, which funded the advanced reconnaissance equipment used to detect and target the radar.
Russian authorities are preparing to evacuate civilians from Kursk and Belgorod to occupied Zaporizhzhia as Ukraine's military operation in Kursk continues.