From July 14 to 19, Russia continued its massive attacks on Ukraine's civilian infrastructure. Throughout the week, the enemy used kamikaze drones, guided aerial bombs, missiles, and artillery. Residential areas, hospitals, educational institutions, energy and industrial facilities were shelled. Dozens of civilians were killed and even more were wounded. Hundreds of buildings in more than ten regions were damaged and destroyed.
On July 14, Russian troops carried out more than 90 attacks on the Sumy region, targeting at least 32 settlements. Three people were killed and ten wounded. In the Kharkiv region, Chuhuiv and Izium were hit. An industrial enterprise was damaged and a 17-year-old teenager was seriously wounded.
On July 15, Russian kamikaze drones attacked Kharkiv. At around 11:10 p.m., a series of at least 16 explosions rocked the city. The strikes caused a fire. According to preliminary data, Geran-2 UAVs were used. At least one civilian was injured and several buildings were destroyed.
On July 16, a rocket hit a shopping center in Dobropillia, Donetsk region. Two people were killed and more than 27 were injured. Among the victims were employees and visitors to the civilian facility.
On July 17, Russian artillery killed two civilians and wounded another in the frontline town of Kostiantynivka. In Pokrovsk, an FPV drone hit a residential area. On the same day, intense assaults on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued in the Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka directions.
On July 18, the city of Kamianske in the Dnipropetrovsk region was hit, with at least two dead and 11 wounded. In the Zaporizhzhia region, one person was killed and five others were wounded in a night attack.
On the night of July 19, Russia carried out one of the largest attacks since the start of the full-scale war: more than 300 Shahed-type strike drones and at least 30 cruise missiles. Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kirovohrad, Sumy, Odesa, Kherson, Mykolaiv, Volyn, Zhytomyr, and Zaporizhzhia regions were hit.
The attacks continued on the night of July 20: the enemy used 57 Shahed strike UAVs and decoy drones. The main targets were Zaporizhzhia and the frontline areas of Donetsk, Kharkiv, Sumy, and Dnipropetrovsk regions.
Odesa: drone attack and fire in a high-rise building
On the night of July 19, 2025, Russian forces launched a massive strike on Odesa and the surrounding area with kamikaze drones from the direction of the Black Sea. The air raid alert lasted from 10:40 p.m. to 12:52 a.m., and at around 12:20 a.m., a series of explosions—at least twelve—rocked the city.
The attack caused a major fire in a nine-story residential building, with apartments on the sixth to ninth floors catching fire. Rescuers evacuated five residents, but one of the women who was rescued died despite the efforts of medical personnel. At least six other people were injured, including a child.
In addition to the residential building, the Russian strike damaged a number of civilian infrastructure facilities, including private homes, commercial establishments, and cars. Rescuers, medics, police, and investigators worked at the scene.
The Odessa Regional Prosecutor's Office has opened a criminal case on the grounds of a war crime under Part 2 of Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine.
A photo report from the scene was prepared by documentary filmmaker Alexander Gimanov, who captured the aftermath of the strike, the destroyed apartments, the work of rescuers, and the evacuation of residents.
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