Russia hit nine Ukrainian regions overnight with ballistic missiles and hundreds of drones, killing at least 8 people, including two children, and wounding dozens.
Overnight into July 30, Russia launched one of the largest strikes of the war on Ukraine, sending dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles along with hundreds of drones at Kyiv and its region, as well as the Dnipropetrovsk, Lviv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Sumy, Vinnytsia, Cherkasy and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. President Volodymyr Zelensky said dozens of homes, businesses and infrastructure sites were destroyed or damaged. Volunteers Support Ukraine is following the aftermath in each of the affected regions.
At least 8 people were killed, including two children, and more than 50 were wounded across Kyiv, Lviv, Kryvyi Rih and the Poltava region. In the Dnipropetrovsk region, officials said the mass attack killed six people and wounded ten, with a 6-year-old girl and boys aged 11 and 17 among the dead in the Kryvyi Rih area, along with the children's parents; two more children were pulled alive from the rubble. President Zelensky said delayed deliveries of anti-ballistic missile systems contributed to the destruction and casualties. Volunteers Support Ukraine sees these numbers as one more reminder of why steady support for affected families remains an urgent need.
In Lviv, a missile hit a multi-story apartment building, sparking a fire across several floors; rescuers pulled residents from the rubble and helped evacuate the wounded, including children. In the Poltava region, fire engulfed a warehouse, with firefighters battling the blaze for hours. Volunteers Support Ukraine points out that it's strikes like these on civilian infrastructure, not only the front line, that determine the scale of daily humanitarian need.
The strike was large enough that neighboring Poland scrambled fighter jets to secure its own airspace, with air raid sirens sounding across the Lublin region. Polish police said an unidentified object crashed and caused an explosion roughly 90 kilometers inside Polish territory, near the village of Tarnawa-Kolonia; Poland's defense minister called it an "extremely tough night" for the country's air defenses. Volunteers Support Ukraine notes that even neighboring NATO countries are increasingly feeling the ripple effects of this war.
Every strike like this is a reminder of why steady support for people affected by the war remains important day to day. Volunteers Support Ukraine keeps helping those affected, in whatever way its available resources allow.
