Russian strikes hit Ukrainian infrastructure as beach casualties reported in Krasnodar

Russian forces launched a widespread wave of 180 drones across Ukraine's Odesa, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions, killing at least eight people and injuring over 60. A strike on a petrol station near Kryvyi Rih killed three people, including an eight-year-old child. In Mykolaiv, Russian Shahed drones twice struck port infrastructure, damaging two civilian vessels.

Meanwhile, Russian authorities reported that a Ukrainian drone crashed on a beach in Arkhipo-Osipovka, near Gelendzhik in Russia's Krasnodar region. The incident killed six people, including three children, and injured roughly 40 others.

Despite intensified aerial bombardments, an analysis based on Institute for the Study of War data indicates Russian territorial gains slowed significantly in July, capturing under 40 square kilometers.

Sources: Digi24, HotNews, Moldova1, Newsmaker, Ziarul de Gardă