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Russian Guided Bomb Strikes Kill 5 and Injure 45 in Kramatorsk and Zaporizhzhia
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Russian forces launched guided aerial bomb strikes on Kramatorsk and Zaporizhzhia, killing at least five people and injuring 45 others.
Regional authorities said the midday strikes hit residential neighborhoods and civilian infrastructure in both cities.
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In Kramatorsk, Russian aircraft dropped seven guided bombs across the local community and the nearby village of Bilenke. Head of the Donetsk Regional Military Administration Vadym Filashkin confirmed that the impacts caused widespread damage across residential zones.
"One hit a high-rise building, one hit a shop, and the rest hit the private sector," Filashkin stated. The strikes killed four people, including a 14-year-old boy, and injured nine others, according to local authorities.
A parallel strike targeted Zaporizhzhia, destroying at least 15 private residences and severely damaging a multi-story apartment block, forcing an immediate evacuation of its residents.
Local emergency responses noted that 1 person died and 29 others suffered injuries. Medical teams hospitalized a 6-year-old boy at the scene due to an acute stress reaction.
The strikes are the latest in an expanding Russian campaign targeting civilian infrastructure far beyond the front line. Following its winter strikes on the energy grid, Russian forces shifted focus to retail fuel complexes, destroying approximately 200 stations since the spring of 2026, including around 50 in June alone.
While initial strikes concentrated on frontline areas like Sumy, Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia, the geographic scope later expanded deep into central regions, with up to 20 attacks recorded weekly by July.
These targeted strikes, such as a night attack on July 1 that hit five stations in the Dnipropetrovsk region and killed a woman, prompted major fuel retailers to introduce special operating procedures and suspend overnight operations to protect customers and employees.
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