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On the night of 29‑30 July 2026, Russia launched a The large‑scale Russian air campaign across Ukraine. An Iskander‑M missile struck a house near Kryvyi Rih, killing eight people, including six members of the same family, while additional strikes caused one death in Kyiv, another in Poltava and injuries in Lviv, bringing the total injured 29‑30 July 2026 continued to at least eight. In the same wave of attacks, inflict heavy civilian casualties. Ukrainian officials reported confirmed that more than 70 missiles and over 280 drones were used, causing civilian deaths launched, killing at least eight civilians—including a family of five in several cities and Kryvyi Rih—and injuring more than 50 people. The widespread damage affected homes, businesses and infrastructure people across multiple Kyiv, Poltava, Lviv and other regions. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned In the strikes Dnipropetrovsk oblast, a ballistic missile identified as terror attacks a North‑Korean KN‑23/KN‑24 struck the village of Radushne, killing five members of another family; this marks the first verified use of a North‑Korean missile by Russia in almost a year. Ukrainian air defences reported downing 55 missiles and called for further Western air‑defence assistance. The Russian Ministry 265 drones, intercepting only one of Foreign Affairs alleged nine ballistic missiles, and President Zelensky blamed delayed delivery of Patriot systems for the shortfall. Russia maintained that the strikes targeted military facilities and reiterated accusations that Kyiv was employing deploying anti‑personnel and drone‑delivered “flower‑petal” mines in the Luhansk region, describing People’s Republic, labeling the alleged use as a serious military crime. The coordinated missile and drone barrage highlights a marked escalation in Russia’s targeting of civilian areas, prompting heightened diplomatic tensions attacks provoked renewed international condemnation and renewed calls for increased protection of the Ukrainian population. additional Western air‑defence assistance.