Local authorities reported nine deaths and 48 injuries across multiple Ukrainian regions following a series of Russian aerial and ground attacks.
Key facts
- •Russian forces deployed 255 Shahed-type drones in an overnight attack, with 195 intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses.
- •The July 30 mass strike resulted in at least eight deaths and over 50 injuries across several oblasts.
- •In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, attacks in the Nikopol district and Pavlohrad caused a total of five deaths and 12 injuries.
- •Kherson Oblast reported four deaths and five injuries across 49 settlements.
- •Russian strikes in the Semenivka community of Chernihiv Oblast utilized Gerbera drones, injuring four people.
Russian attacks resulted in at least nine deaths and 48 injuries across Ukraine over the past day, according to local authorities on July 31. This follows a large-scale overnight missile and drone strike on July 30 that targeted several oblasts, including Lviv, Dnipropetrovsk, Kyiv, Vinnytsia, Zhytomyr, and Cherkasy.
By the numbers
Large-scale drone deployment
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russian forces launched 255 Shahed-type drones in a large-scale aerial attack. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted 195 of these drones, while 22 struck targets at 14 locations and debris fell in four additional areas.
Regional impact of attacks
Casualties were reported across multiple regions. In Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, attacks in the Nikopol district killed three people and injured seven, while strikes in Pavlohrad killed two and injured five. Kherson Oblast reported four deaths and five injuries across 49 settlements. Other regions, including Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Donetsk, and Chernihiv, also reported injuries from ongoing strikes.
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This article was independently rewritten by ManyPress editorial AI from reporting originally published by Kyiv Independent.
