Overview

• Russian forces continue daily large-scale air assaults, deploying hundreds of drones, missiles and guided bombs against civilian and military targets.
• Ukraine’s air defenses have intercepted the majority of incoming Shahed drones, shooting down 75 of 101 overnight while cities remain under threat.
• On July 7, two waves of drone strikes on Kharkiv wounded 82 people, including eight children, and killed a 34-year-old woman, with separate attacks across Sumy, Odesa and Kherson killing at least 11 civilians.
• Emergency crews and local officials are carrying out rescue, cleanup and damage assessments, and war-crime investigations have been opened at multiple strike sites.
• President Zelenskyy is appealing for urgent international air defense deliveries and is boosting domestic drone production to protect Ukrainian populations.