1,539 political violence events
11% increase compared to last week
111 incidents of violence targeting civilians
37% increase compared to last week
At least 87 fatalities from civilian targeting
74% increase compared to last week
Key trends
- In the Donetsk region, Russian forces made significant advances near Velyka Novosilka, seizing seven settlements to the north and northwest. Russian forces captured additional settlements near Pokrovsk, Toretsk, and Lyman.
- In the Sumy region, Ukrainian forces stabilized the frontline and reclaimed a settlement north of Sumy city.
- ACLED records at least 24 Russian long-range missile and drone strikes, including in Kyiv city and the western region of Khmelnytskyi.
- Russian shelling, missiles, and drones killed at least 85 civilians in the Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Kherson, Odesa, Chernihiv, Sumy, Kharkiv, Poltava, and Kyiv regions, as well as in the city of Kyiv. In the Russia-occupied part of the Kherson region, Ukrainian shelling killed at least one civilian.
Key events
- 21 Jun. | Donetsk – Russian aerial bombs and FPV drone strikes kill five civilians, injure four others in Kramatorsk
- 23 Jun. | Kyiv city – Russian air and drone strikes kill nine civilians and injure at least 34 others
- 27 Jun. | Dnipropetrovsk – Russian shelling kills five civilians and wounds 25 others in Samar
Spotlight: Russian missiles kill 23, injure hundreds, and hit a passenger train in Dnipro city
On 24 June, Russian forces launched four Iskander ballistic missiles at the city of Dnipro, causing extensive damage to civilian infrastructure and killing at least 23 civilians. One of the missiles struck near a stationary passenger train waiting to enter the city’s main railway station. Passengers were injured, though all survived.
The strike follows Russia’s pattern of targeting trains and train stations in towns serving as railway hubs that are crucial for Ukraine in transporting military gear and troops as well as passenger trains in frontline regions. The deadliest Russian strikes occurred on 8 April 2022 at a train station packed with evacuating civilians in Kramatorsk where 61 civilians were killed, at a train stop in Chaplyne on 24 August 2024 where 25 civilians were killed, and at the evacuation train and train station in Kherson city on 3 May 2023 where 24 civilians were killed. In Russia and Russia-occupied regions, Ukrainian forces and associated sabotage groups have also targeted railway infrastructure, including during the recent bombing of a bridge that resulted in the death of seven Russian train passengers and the injury of 127 others.
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