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Updated · The Associated Press · Jul 25
Russian and Ukrainian Strikes Kill 15 as Kyiv Drones Hit 3 Russian Fuel and Logistics Sites
Updated
Updated · The Associated Press · Jul 25

Russian and Ukrainian Strikes Kill 15 as Kyiv Drones Hit 3 Russian Fuel and Logistics Sites

3 articles · Updated · The Associated Press · Jul 25

Summary

  • 12 people were killed at holiday camps in the partly occupied Zaporizhzhia region and 3 more died in Ukraine’s Sumy region, officials on both sides said, marking the latest deadly exchange.
  • 4 children were among the Zaporizhzhia dead and 19 others were wounded, while Sumy authorities said a Russian drone hit a civilian facility used by Nova Poshta drivers; Moscow said it struck a Ukrainian drone site.
  • Ukraine also claimed fresh long-range drone hits inside Russia, with Zelenskyy confirming strikes on the Tyumen oil refinery, a logistics facility in Yekaterinburg and a fuel warehouse in Rostov-on-Don.
  • The attacks followed a major Russian strike near Kyiv on Friday that killed at least 10 people and wounded about 100, as Zelenskyy warned Russia could launch a large missile attack within 48 hours.
  • The widening drone war is spilling beyond the battlefield: Romania said it shot down a drone near the Ukrainian border on Saturday, its second interception in two days.

Insights

With drones repeatedly breaching Romanian airspace, how close is the NATO alliance to being directly dragged into the Russia-Ukraine conflict?
Will Zelenskyy's upcoming Washington meeting with President Trump reshape the strategic landscape of the escalating drone war in Eastern Europe?
As Ukraine's drone strikes cripple Russian refineries, could this legally disputed military tactic finally force Moscow to the negotiating table?