Overview

• Ukrainian forces recorded more than 170 frontline engagements on July 29, with heavy fighting concentrated in the Lyman and Pokrovsk sectors.
• In the Pokrovsk direction, troops repelled 63 Russian assaults over 24 hours, holding key positions despite intense shelling.
• A Russian missile strike on a Ukrainian training unit on July 29 killed three servicemen and wounded 18, according to the Ground Forces.
• Russia’s glide-bombed attack on a Zaporizhzhia prison on July 30 killed 17 inmates and injured more than 40, the Ministry of Justice reported.
• President Zelenskyy said 22 civilians were killed in strikes across 73 localities, and Russia claimed minor gains in Temyrivka and Novoukrainka.