Overview

• Russian airstrikes on July 28–29 hit the Bilenke Correctional Colony in Zaporizhzhia, killing 17 inmates and injuring 42 others, according to Ukraine’s justice ministry.
• Overnight attacks on 73 towns and cities, including a hospital strike in Kamianske, raised the civilian death toll to at least 22 with dozens more wounded.
• Ukraine’s air force intercepted 32 of 37 Shahed-type drones and shot down two Iskander-M ballistic missiles during the barrage.
• President Zelenskyy condemned the prison strike as a war crime and vowed to expand long-range drone and missile strikes into Russia.
• President Trump has set a 10 to 12-day deadline for Russia to halt civilian bombardment or face new sanctions, but ceasefire talks remain stalled.