A wave of missile, bomb, and drone strikes across Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions on July 3-4 killed one person and injured more than a dozen others.
Over July 3 and 4, Russian forces carried out a series of missile, guided-bomb, and drone strikes across Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, killing one person and injuring more than a dozen others while damaging homes, a mining facility, and regional energy infrastructure.
On July 3, Russian forces struck the administration building of a DTEK mine in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, killing a security guard and injuring five other employees. The following day, a Russian ballistic missile hit the city of Dnipro itself, injuring seven civilians aged between 21 and 63, all of whom needed hospital treatment.
On the evening of July 4, Russian forces launched at least five strikes on Zaporizhzhia, a city that has endured repeated bombardment throughout the war. One strike tore away the face of a multi-story residential building from the first to the fifth floor. At least three people were injured, including a child, as rescue crews worked through the night to clear debris and check for anyone trapped inside.
Russian drones also targeted industrial and energy facilities in the neighboring Poltava region, temporarily cutting power to around 600 consumers. The attacks fit a broader pattern: communities across Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts have faced regular drone and missile strikes on ambulances, residential blocks, and infrastructure in recent weeks, part of Russia's continued campaign against areas far from the front line.
These strikes are a reminder that for the people of Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk, the war is not measured in front-line maps but in ordinary buildings — apartment blocks, mining offices, ambulances — turned into targets. Volunteers Support Ukraine works to get emergency medical supplies, generators, and reconstruction aid to exactly these communities, so that families who survive a strike are not left without power, medicine, or shelter in its aftermath.
