Overnight Russian strikes kill at least 22 across Ukraine – officials

Overnight Russian strikes on a penal colony and a hospital killed at least 22 people and wounded 85 across Ukraine, regional and presidential officials said on Tuesday.

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Russian aircraft and missiles battered Ukraine during the night, hitting 73 towns and villages, Ukrainian authorities said.

A guided‑bomb attack on a penal colony in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region killed at least 16 inmates and injured 35 more, according to the president’s office.

🚨Footage emerges from Bilenke Correctional Colony in Zaporizhzhia after Russian airstrikes

Ukraine’s Ministry of Justice has reported 17 dead and 82 injured following a nighttime Russian strike on the Bilenke Correctional Colony in the Zaporizhzhia region.

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— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) July 29, 2025

President Volodymyr Zelensky called the raid “deliberate, intentional and not accidental,” adding on social media that Russia must be forced “to stop killing and make peace.”

Yesterday, very important words were spoken by President Trump about how the Russian leadership is wasting the world’s time by talking about peace while simultaneously killing people. We all want genuine peace – dignified and lasting: Ukraine, all of Europe, the United States,… pic.twitter.com/w1HjWbXFmw

— Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) July 29, 2025

In the central Dnipropetrovsk region, rockets struck the city of Kamianske, damaging residential blocks and a hospital. Two people were killed and five wounded, including a pregnant woman in critical condition, regional officials said.

The head of the Ukrainian president’s office said the assaults constituted yet another Russian war crime and that Moscow could be stopped only by military force and heavier sanctions.

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Source: IAR