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Russian Strikes on Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv Kill Seven Civilians

Ongoing assaults on frontline towns underscore Ukraine’s need for more effective air defenses

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Overview

  • Russian forces struck Stepnohirsk in Zaporizhzhia on August 4, destroying a residential building and killing two men, local governor Ivan Fedorov reported
  • Earlier shelling in Huliaipole claimed the lives of a couple, bringing civilian deaths in Zaporizhzhia region to four in one day
  • In Kharkiv’s Chuhuiv district, an attack on the village of Losivka set a home ablaze and killed a 47-year-old man, the regional prosecutor’s office said
  • A Russian FPV drone struck a moped in the Vovchansk community around 14:00, killing a 49-year-old man and an unidentified woman
  • Ukrainian authorities are intensifying efforts to document civilian casualties and infrastructure damage as they call for upgraded air-defense systems