9
dead
as
Russia,
Uk ai e
t ade
f esh
st ikes
afte
deadly
K yvyi
Rih
attack.
Photo
c edit:
AP
At
least
seve
people
we e
killed
i
f esh
Russia
missile
a d
d o e
attacks
ac oss
Uk ai e
o
Satu day,
while
two
child e
died
i
a
Uk ai ia
d o e
st ike
i
Russia’s
K as oda
egio ,
officials
said.The
latest
st ikes
came
a
day
afte
a
Russia
attack
o
a
shoppi g
ce t e
i
K yvyi
Rih
killed
at
least
16
people,
acco di g
to
Uk ai ia
autho ities.I
Kyiv,
p eside t
Volodymy
Zele skyy
said
o e
pe so
was
killed
a d
a othe
wou ded
ove ight
whe
ballistic
missiles
st uck
ailway
i f ast uctu e.
Russia’s
defe ce
mi ist y
said
its
fo ces
had
ta geted
a
locomotive
depot.I
a
sepa ate
Russia
ballistic
missile
st ike
o
the
Kyiv
egio ,
which
su ou ds
the
capital,
two
people
we e
killed
o
Satu day
afte oo ,
local
autho ities
said.Russia
d o e
st ikes
also
killed
o e
pe so
ove ight
i
the
Zapo izhzhia
egio ,
officials
said.
A
daytime
attack
killed
th ee
mo e
people
a d
wou ded
15,
while
th ee
othe s
we e
wou ded
i
a
attack
o
a
mi ibus
i
the
egio al
capital,
also
called
Zapo izhzhia,
Zele skyy
said.I
Russia’s
southe
K as oda
egio ,
autho ities
said
two
child e
we e
killed
a d
two
adults
wou ded
i
a
Uk ai ia
d o e
st ike.
The
attacks
came
a
day
afte
Russia
d o es
st uck
a
shoppi g
ce t e
i
K yvyi
Rih,
Zele skyy’s
hometow .
D ip opet ovsk
egio al
head
Oleksa d
Ha zha
said
ea ly
Satu day
that
the
death
toll
had
ise
to
16,
with
i e
people
still
missi g
a d
130
wou ded.Zele skyy
desc ibed
the
st ike
as
a
‘double-tap
st ike’,
allegi g
that
a
i itial
wave
of
d o es
was
followed
by
a
seco d
wave
as
escue
wo ke s
espo ded.
He
said
the
esulti g
fi e,
which
sp ead
ac oss
9,000
squa e
met es,
had
bee
exti guished
a d
escue
ope atio s
we e
co ti ui g.“A
absolute
Russia
at ocity.
They’ e
just
mo ste s.
We
will
defi itely
espo d,”
Zele skyy
w ote
i
a
video
post
o
X.The
latest
st ikes
come
amid
a
escalatio
i
Russia
attacks
o
Kyiv.
Moscow’s
fo ces
have
i te sified
ballistic
missile
st ikes
o
the
capital,
acco di g
to
the
Associated
P ess,
as
Uk ai e
faces
a
sho tage
of
US-made
Pat iot
ai
defe ce
i te cepto s,
the
o ly
system
i
its
a se al
capable
of
i te cepti g
the
missiles.
Kyiv
has
mea while
co ti ued
lo g- a ge
d o e
attacks
i side
Russia,
i cludi g
st ikes
ta geti g
e e gy
i f ast uctu e.
Zele skyy
said
Uk ai ia
fo ces
hit
the
Novokuibyshevsk
oil
efi e y
i
Russia’s
Sama a
egio ,
about
1,000
kilomet es
f om
the
f o t
li e.The
Russia
o li e
outlet
Ast a
epo ted
that
a
Uk ai ia
d o e
also
set
fi e
to
a
oil
efi e y
i
Sama a.
Local
officials
co fi med
damage
at
a
u ide tified
“i dust ial
facility”
a d
a
Ozo
logistics
ce t e.The
viole ce
follows
epeated
la ge-scale
attacks
o
both
sides
i
ece t
weeks,
with
civilia s
bea i g
the
b u t.
The
UN
said
Kyiv
was
amo g
the
ha dest-hit
cities
i
July,
eco di g
at
least
54
civilia
deaths
a d
202
i ju ies.
