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Russian Long‑Range Strikes Kill Dozens Across Ukrainian Cities

The attacks reveal Russia's shift to guided glide‑bombs and jet‑powered drones that outpace Ukraine's air defenses.

Overview

  • A guided aerial bomb collapsed part of a three‑storey apartment block in Zaporizhzhia, leaving 20 people dead including four children and prompting completed search‑and‑rescue and large‑scale debris removal.
  • A missile strike on the Kharkiv suburb of Pisochyn killed three residents and set off a fire while reported injuries rose to the low‑to‑mid‑20s as medical teams treated blast wounds and shock.
  • An attack drone struck a high‑rise in Kharkiv’s Kyivskyi district, destroying upper floors, causing fires and raising the reported number of casualties to 11 as rescue work continued.
  • A jet‑powered drone hit Ivano‑Frankivsk, killing three Ukrainian service members and wounding three others after Ukraine's Air Force warned of an incoming fast drone.
  • Officials say the wave of precision glide‑bombs, missiles and fast drones is straining air defenses and emergency services, and Kharkiv prosecutors have opened a pretrial war‑crimes probe under Article 438 as authorities document damage and casualties.