Russia kills 20 in Ukraine, destroys 74 drones in fresh advance

News24

29-07-2025

At least 20 people were killed Russia strikes on Ukraine.
Russia destroyed 74 Ukrainian drones.
A stationary freight train caught fire in Russia.
At least 20 people were killed and more than 40 wounded in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine, regional officials said on Tuesday.
Russia carried out eight strikes on the Zaporizhzhia region, hitting a prison, according to Ivan Fedorov, the head of the military administration.
'16 people were killed, 35 were wounded,' he said on Telegram, adding that the premises were destroyed and that nearby houses were damaged.
People were also killed and more wounded in attacks on the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to regional government officials.
A missile strike on the city of Kamyanske killed two people, wounded five and damaged a hospital, Sergiy Lysak, head of the regional military administration said on Telegram.
Another person was killed and several wounded in an attack on the region's Synelnykivsky district, he said.
In a separate attack on Velykomykhaylivska, on Monday night, a '75-year-old woman was killed. A 68-year-old man was wounded. A private house was damaged,' he posted on Telegram.
In southern Russia, a Ukrainian drone attack killed one person, the region's acting governor said on Tuesday.
'A car was damaged on Ostrovsky Street. Unfortunately, the driver who was in it died,' Yuri Slyusar, acting governor of the Rostov region, said in a post on Telegram.
Kyiv has been trying to repel Russia's summer offensive, which has made fresh advances into areas largely spared since the start of the offensive in 2022.
Over the weekend, the Russian army said its forces had 'liberated the settlement of Maliyevka' in Dnipropetrovsk, weeks after it seized the first village in the region.
US President Donald Trump on Monday issued Moscow a deadline of 'about 10 or 12 days' to end the conflict in Ukraine, or face tough sanctions.
Reuters reported that multiple Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia's southern Rostov region have left one person dead, sparked a fire and suspended train traffic at a railway station, Russian authorities said on Tuesday.
Russia's defence ministry, which reports only how many drones were destroyed, not how many Ukraine launched, said its defence units downed a total of 74 drones overnight, including 22 over the Rostov region.
A stationary freight train caught fire and power was disrupted at the train station in Salsk, forcing the suspension of train traffic, Russia's Railways said on Telegram.
Reuters could not independently verify the report.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine, which has often said that its attacks inside Russia are in response to Moscow's relentless strikes on Ukraine.