Ukraine Conflict Monitor
Update
Ukraine war situation update: 12 – 18 July 2025
Overview of political violence and conflict events in Ukraine from 12 to 18 July 2025
Key stats
1,587 political violence events
6% increase compared to last week
127 incidents of violence targeting civilians
2% decrease compared to last week
At least 54 fatalities from civilian targeting
5% decrease compared to last week
Key events
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14 Jul.
Kharkiv – Russian drones kill one civilian, injure 10 others in Zlatopil
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16 Jul.
Donetsk – A Russian aerial bomb kills four civilians and wounds 27 others at a shopping mall in Dobropillia
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17 Jul.
Dnipropetrovsk – Russian drones kill one civilian and injure ten others in Dnipro city
Key trends
- In the Donetsk region, Russian forces occupied three settlements and advanced north of Myrnohrad, near Kostiantynivka, and near Komar next to the administrative boundary with the Dnipropetrovsk region, where Ukrainian forces reclaimed a village.
- Russian forces also advanced in the border areas of the Kharkiv region and in the western part of the Zaporizhia region. They occupied one settlement in each region.
- ACLED records at least 57 Russian long-range missile and drone strikes, including in the western regions of Volyn, Lviv, and Chernivtsi, as well as in Kyiv city and the surrounding region.
- Russian shelling, aerial bombs, and drones killed at least 53 civilians in the Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Sumy, Kharkiv, Zaporizhia, and Chernivtsi regions. Meanwhile, Ukrainian shelling and drones reportedly injured at least 19 civilians in the occupied parts of the Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhia regions.
Spotlight: Russian strikes kill civilians in the Chernivtsi region for the first time since the start of the full-scale invasion
On 12 July, Russian forces targeted the western regions of Lviv and Chernivtsi with Shahed-type drones and air-launched missiles, damaging multiple residential and other buildings. The drone strikes on Lviv city and the eponymous region injured 13 civilians, while the strike on the city of Chernivtsi killed two civilians and injured 26 others in one of its residential areas. In addition, debris from Russian drones and missiles damaged houses and cars in the nearby Storozhynetska community.
The deadly strike on Chernivtsi was the first recorded Russian strike that directly targeted civilians in the small western region, which, prior to this, was spared from Russian bombing since the start of the full-scale invasion. The targeting of Chernivtsi amid weakened air defense and increased Russian targeting of Ukraine’s hinterlands could undermine the region’s status as a safe refuge for internally displaced Ukrainians and as an international humanitarian logistics hub.
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