The event got here as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and a gaggle of European leaders arrived in Washington to satisfy President Donald Trump, who held talks on a doable peace deal to finish the battle with President Vladimir Putin of Russia final Friday.
“Extra younger lives misplaced and devastated in brutal assaults in Ukraine,”UNICEF mentioned in an internet publish condemning the assaults. “Finish assaults on populated areas. Defend youngsters.”
Destruction in Kharkiv
Footage launched by the Ukrainian authorities confirmed an condo complicated in Kharkiv with an enormous gap within the shattered roof and higher flooring, the place fires had been extinguished.
Kharkiv is positioned within the northeast of the nation and simply 30 kilometres (18.6 miles) from the Russian border. Ukraine’s second metropolis has suffered heavy destruction and repeated shelling since Russia’s full-scale invasion started on 24 February 2022.
In the meantime, a separate Russian assault on the southern metropolis of Zaporizhzhia left three useless and roughly 20 injured, in response to the Ukrainian authorities, who mentioned they’d shot down 88 drones and missiles launched in a single day.
A current replace from UN human rights displays in Ukraine famous that July noticed the best variety of civilian casualties within the nation since Could 2022, with 286 killed and 1,388 injured.
“Aerial bombs triggered the most important rise [and] short-range drones made up 24 per cent of casualties,” mentioned the Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU).
Russian troops’ push
The rise within the variety of civilian casualties between June and July 2025 primarily happened in areas managed by the Ukrainian Authorities alongside frontlines. This indicated the “intensive army efforts by Russian armed forces to seize territory”, the UN displays defined.
And though long-range missile strikes and different munitions triggered about 20 per cent fewer casualties in July in contrast with June, they had been accountable for virtually 40 per cent of all non-combatant deaths and accidents, together with within the cities of Dnipro, Kharkiv and Kyiv.
Quick-range drones had been the second main explanation for civilian casualties, accounting for almost one in 4 loss of life and accidents (64 killed and 337 injured), mentioned HRMMU.
As in June, almost all civilian casualties (98 per cent) occurred in areas managed by the Ukrainian authorities. Civilian casualties had been recorded throughout 18 areas of Ukraine and town of Kyiv.
