{"id":295655,"date":"2025-07-27T10:41:15","date_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:41:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/295655\/"},"modified":"2025-07-27T10:41:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T10:41:15","slug":"at-least-6-killed-20-injured-in-russian-attacks-across-ukraine-over-past-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/295655\/","title":{"rendered":"At least 6 killed, 20 injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine over past day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past 24 hours killed at least six civilians and injured 20 more, regional authorities reported on July 27.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine&#8217;s Air Force reported that Russian forces <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/kpszsu\/39321\">launched<\/a> 83 drones overnight, 78 of which were taken out by air defenses.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Sumy Oblast<\/strong>, Russian forces conducted nearly 70 attacks on 33 settlements, using guided bombs, FPV (first-person-view) <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/drones\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">drones<\/a>, and drone-dropped explosives. Two civilians were killed by a landmine in the Esman community, while two others were injured in drone strikes across Hlukhiv and Sumy communities, the regional military administration <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/Sumy_news_ODA\/37345\">said<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>At least four municipalities reported infrastructure damage, including damage to administrative buildings, markets, and houses.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Kherson Oblast<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russian-armed-forces\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Russian forces<\/a> shelled and drone-bombed over 30 towns and villages, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/khersonskaODA\/39829\">reported<\/a>. Eight people were injured, including a child, due to strikes on residential areas and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>On the morning of July 27, an additional three civilians were wounded in separate Russian attacks. Damage was reported to several houses, apartment buildings, vehicles, and agricultural structures.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Donetsk Oblast<\/strong>, two civilians were killed and at least three were injured in the Pokrovsk and Kramatorsk districts, Governor Vadym Filashkin <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/VadymFilashkin\/9924\">confirmed<\/a>. Russian <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russian-attack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attacks<\/a> damaged houses, shops, and industrial facilities in multiple towns.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Dnipropetrovsk Oblast<\/strong>, four people were injured after Russian forces attacked the Nikopol district with heavy artillery, Grad rockets, and drones. Residential houses and power lines were damaged, Governor Serhii Lysak <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/dnipropetrovskaODA\/23181\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In <strong>Zaporizhzhia Oblast<\/strong>, Russian troops launched 810 strikes on 12 settlements, including 26 airstrikes and hundreds of FPV drone and <a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/artillery\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artillery<\/a> attacks, Governor Ivan Fedorov <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/ivan_fedorov_zp\/22890\">said<\/a>. Two civilians were <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/ivan_fedorov_zp\/22892\">found<\/a> dead under the rubble of a destroyed house in Stepnohirsk, where a rocket strike had triggered a fire.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/invisible-prisoners-families-rights-defenders-struggle-to-free-ukrainian-civilians-from-russian-captivity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/p>\n<p>Invisible prisoners \u2014 the struggle to free thousands of Ukrainians in Russian captivity<\/p>\n<p>Warning: This article contains graphic descriptions. Vitalii Atamanchuk was the archetypal man of the Donbas, the industrial heartland that stretches across eastern Ukraine. He spent more than 20 years toiling in a coal mine. In 2000, he retired, but found the life of a pensioner dull. He went back to work in the mines and, later, found a job with a construction company in the city of Donetsk. Then, in 2014, the EuroMaidan Revolution swept Ukraine, toppling pro-Russian strongman Viktor Yanuko<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Article image\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" style=\"color:transparent;object-fit:cover\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/1753612875_998_image\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Russian attacks across Ukraine over the past 24 hours killed at least six civilians and injured 20 more,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295656,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7654],"tags":[2000,299,657],"class_list":{"0":"post-295655","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ukraine","8":"tag-eu","9":"tag-europe","10":"tag-ukraine"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114924780517302456","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295655"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295655\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}