Overview
- Ukrainian General Staff reports 214 combat clashes on July 10, with the heaviest fighting in the Pokrovsk and Novopavlivka sectors.
- Russian forces launched an unprecedented aerial assault overnight, deploying 741 weapons including 728 Shahed drones, seven Iskander-K cruise missiles and six Kinzhal missiles.
- Ukraine’s air defenses and interceptor drones neutralized 718 of the incoming threats, according to the Foreign Ministry.
- Civilian and medical infrastructure suffered fresh hits as drone strikes damaged a maternity hospital in Kharkiv, a clinic in Bilozerka and a bread delivery vehicle in Kherson Region.
- Kyiv has demanded immediate deliveries of Patriot air defense systems and tougher sanctions on Russian energy exports to counter the intensified attacks.