Overview

• Russia launched 103 attack drones and four missiles overnight on July 24, striking Kharkiv, Cherkasy and Odesa and causing dozens of civilian casualties and widespread infrastructure damage.
• Su-34-launched guided aerial bombs hit central Kharkiv, injuring at least 37 civilians and damaging more than 20 residential and industrial buildings.
• Ukrainian forces repelled 61 ground assaults in the Pokrovsk sector and continued to withstand attacks near Lyman, Kupiansk and other frontline areas.
• Ukraine struck deep into Russian territory with drones targeting Sochi and its oil storage facilities, killing one person, injuring another and disrupting airport operations.
• After ceasefire talks in Istanbul failed to yield a truce, Ukraine intensified calls for bolstered air defenses and opened war-crime investigations into recent Russian shelling of civilian villages.