Russian strikes hit Ukrainian ports as frontline momentum stalls

Recent military developments across Ukraine and southern Russia saw heavy drone strikes alongside minimal shifts on the frontline. Russian drone attacks across Ukraine's Odesa, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Zaporizhzhia regions killed at least eight people and injured more than 60. Drone strikes on Mykolaiv port infrastructure damaged two civilian vessels, while an attack on a petrol station near Kryvyi Rih killed three people, including an eight-year-old child.

In Russia's Krasnodar region, local authorities reported that six people, including three children, were killed and roughly 40 injured when a Ukrainian drone crashed on a beach in Arkhipo-Osipovka.

Despite the intense aerial bombardments, an analysis of Institute for the Study of War data indicates that Russian territorial gains slowed significantly in July, with forces capturing under 40 square kilometers.

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