Russian and Ukrainian attacks kill 10 people, a day after deadly shopping mall drone strike

Kyiv, Ukraine saw at least seven casualties from Russian drone and missile strikes on Saturday, while a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Krasnodar region claimed three lives, according to officials. The series of attacks followed a deadly shopping mall drone strike in Ukraine the previous day, which left at least 16 people dead and 130 wounded.

Russia has ramped up its ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv due to a shortage of U.S.-made Patriot air defense interceptors. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported one fatality and one injury in the recent missile attack on railway infrastructure in the capital. Russia claimed the attack hit a locomotive depot. Separately, two people were killed and 15 wounded in a Russian ballistic missile strike in the Kyiv region, near the capital.

Additional casualties included one person killed and three wounded in a Russian drone attack in the Zaporizhzhia region, and another three killed and 15 wounded in a daytime attack on a minibus in Zaporizhzhia. In Russia's southern Krasnodar region, three people, including two children, were killed and two adults wounded in a Ukrainian drone strike.

A day after the Kryvyi Rih shopping center attack, Kryvyi Rih's mayor reported 16 deaths and four missing, with rescue efforts ongoing. The attack destroyed 9,000 square meters of the city center. Kryvyi Rih has been a frequent target in the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine, with the deadliest attack occurring in April 2025, which killed 20 people, including nine children.

Russia's recent strikes have become frequent this summer, with Friday's assault happening just 24 hours after a nighttime assault on Kyiv that killed 16. The United Nations recently reported that Kyiv was among the hardest-hit cities in July, with at least 54 civilians killed and 202 wounded. Ukraine has retaliated by launching long-range drone strikes on Russian oil facilities, causing fuel shortages across Russia and unsettling the Russian public with attacks on Wildberries, the country's largest online retailer.

Russian President Vladimir Putin commented on the civilian strikes, stating they cause economic damage but no turning point has been reached in the conflict, and that Kyiv will never gain an advantage.