Another deadly night in Ukraine. Russian strikes left at least two dead on the night of Friday August 21 to Saturday August 22 in the cities of kyiv and Zaporizhia, according to local authorities. The day before, Ukraine suffered an attack on a shopping center in the center of the country where 16 people were killed.
The military administration of the Ukrainian capital, after issuing a ballistic missile alert, reported a fire in a warehouse.
“According to preliminary information, there is one dead and injured,” said the same source on Telegram.
In the southern city of Zaporizhia, a Russian drone killed a man and injured four people, the head of the regional military administration Ivan Fedorov reported.
On Friday, a series of Russian bombings killed at least 20 people in Ukraine, including 16 in a drone attack in broad daylight on a busy shopping center in Kryvyï Rig, the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Rescue operations continue overnight from Friday to Saturday, according to regional governor Oleksandre Ganja, who reported nine missing, including two children.
Emergency services reported at least 130 injured, including 23 children.
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Increase in the number of civilians killed
Four and a half years after the start of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, long-range strikes are increasing on both sides of the front, targeting a growing number of civilian installations such as logistics warehouses and causing more and more casualties.
July was the deadliest month for civilians in Ukraine since May 2022, with at least 437 civilians killed, an increase of 30% compared to June and 70% compared to July 2025, according to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine (HRMMU).
The Ukrainian capital in particular paid a heavy price last month, with at least 54 dead and 202 injured.
Russian forces have repeatedly launched massive bombardments of kyiv, using ballistic and cruise missiles, even though Ukraine lacks the interceptors to deal with these attacks.
With AFP
