Russian strikes kill civilians in Ukraine

Russian forces conducted overnight drone and missile strikes across Ukraine, killing at least two people, including a railway worker in Kyiv and a civilian in Zaporizhzhia. These attacks came a day after a Russian drone strike on a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih killed 16 people and wounded 130, with nine still missing. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the Kryvyi Rih attack as a 'double-tap' strike and a terrorist act, vowing a response. In parallel, Ukraine has intensified long-range drone strikes on Russian soil, targeting oil refineries and military airfields, including a Lukoil-operated refinery in Perm and the Marinovka airfield, as well as warehouses of Wildberries and Ozon, causing fuel shortages and public unease in Russia. The United Nations reported that Kyiv was among the hardest-hit cities in July, with at least 54 civilians killed. The escalation reflects Ukraine's shortage of MIM-104 Patriot interceptors, which are the only weapon capable of shooting down Russian ballistic missiles.