Russian and Ukrainian Attacks Kill 10 People, a Day after Deadly Shopping Mall Drone Strike

On the day following a deadly shopping mall drone strike in Ukraine that claimed 16 lives and injured over 100, Russian and Ukrainian attacks resulted in the loss of 10 more lives, according to officials. Russian drone and missile strikes on Saturday claimed the lives of at least seven people in Ukraine, while a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Krasnodar region resulted in three deaths.

These attacks succeeded a Russian strike on a Ukrainian shopping center on the previous day, which killed at least 16 people and wounded around 130. Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, bore the brunt of Russian ballistic missile attacks overnight, resulting in one fatality and one injury, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Additionally, a Russian ballistic missile strike on the Kyiv region killed two people and wounded another two.

Russian drone strikes also claimed one life overnight in the Zaporizhzhia region, while a daytime attack in the same region killed three more people and wounded 15. Zelenskyy reported that three individuals were wounded in a Russian attack on a minibus in the regional capital, also named Zaporizhzhia.

In Russia's southern Krasnodar region, three lives were lost, including two children, and two adults were injured in a Ukrainian drone strike. The latest attacks came a day after Russian drones targeted a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih, a city in central Ukraine, where the death toll rose to 16. Later that day, Dnipropetrovsk regional head Oleksandr Hanzha stated that four people were still missing after the attack, with 130 people injured.

Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of President Zelenskyy, has been targeted multiple times during the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, with one of the deadliest incidents occurring in April 2025 when 20 people, including nine children, perished. Recent Russian strikes have become a frequent occurrence this summer, just 24 hours after Russia launched a nighttime assault on Kyiv that killed 16 people and wounded 130.

The United Nations reported that Kyiv was one of the most severely affected cities in July, with at least 54 civilians killed and 202 wounded.

Despite these devastating attacks, Ukraine has retaliated by targeting Russian infrastructure, causing fuel shortages across the country and unsettling the Russian public through attacks on Wildberries, the nation's largest online retailer. A Ukrainian drone set ablaze an oil refinery in the Samara region, located approximately 620 miles from the front line.

Russian President Vladimir Putin acknowledged the economic damage caused by such civilian strikes but emphasized that there would be no turning point in the conflict and Kyiv would not gain any advantage.