Missile and drone attacks hit Dnipropetrovsk region: fires, injuries, damage across communities
In Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk region, the number of people injured in yesterday’s missile strike has risen to five.
20 July 2025
In Synelnykove district of Dnipropetrovsk region, the number of people injured in yesterday’s missile strike has risen to five.
As of July 20, 2025, the total combat losses of Russian forces in the war against Ukraine have reached approximately 1,041,990 personnel, with 1,040 killed in the past 24 hours alone.
Fighters from the Freedom of Russia Legion, a unit of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR), carried out a successful ambush against militants from the Russian National Guard's Akhmat unit near the village of Velyka Bilozerka in the temporarily occupied Zaporizhzhia region.
19 July 2025
Recovery efforts are ongoing in the Sumy and Dnipropetrovsk regions following Russian bomb attacks.
On July 19, Russian forces shelled several districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region, resulting in civilian casualties.
A massive enemy attack damaged nine apartment buildings, a private residence, and an educational institution in Pavlohrad.
Overnight, the aggressor country used more than 300 attack drones and over 30 missiles of various types against peaceful Ukrainian cities.
In the Dnipropetrovsk region, Russian forces launched a missile strike on the Vasylkivka community of the Synelnykove district, killing two people.
In the Donetsk region, fighters from the Prymary special unit of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) destroyed six radar stations and two S-300V missile launchers belonging to Russian occupying forces.
Ukraine's air defense forces shot down seven Iskander-M/KN-23 ballistic missiles, seven Iskander-K cruise missiles, nine Kh-101 cruise missiles, and 185 enemy Shahed-type attack drones overnight.
One person was killed and six others were injured as Russia launched a large-scale drone attack on Odesa on the night of July 18-19.
Overnight, the aggressor country used more than 300 attack drones and over 30 missiles of various types against peaceful Ukrainian cities.
On July 18, Ukrainian Defense Forces engaged in 177 combat clashes with Russian invaders along the front lines.
Russian forces launched a large-scale overnight attack at Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, with explosions reported in Pavlohrad, Dnipro, Synelnykove, and Nikopol districts. Significant damage has been reported.
Total Russian combat losses from February 24, 2022, to July 19, 2025, in the war against Ukraine amount to approximately 1,040,950 personnel, with 1,120 losses reported in the past 24 hours.
The case of a priest from the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate (UOC-MP) in Volnovakha district of Donetsk region, who allegedly passed information about the location of Ukrainian Defense Forces to Russian intelligence, has been submitted to court.
In Odesa, counterintelligence officers from the Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) and the National Police have detained a Russian agent who was planning to bomb the regional Territorial Recruitment and Social Support Center (military enlistment office).
18 July 2025
Russia is trying to make the most of Trump's 50-day “ultimatum” to increase pressure on the front. However, its potential is gradually weakening, and this is already evident in all areas.
In the Poltava community, debris fell on open ground as a result of a Russian missile attack on Friday evening.
On Friday, July 18, the British government imposed new sanctions on the Russian Federation in response to its prolonged campaign of malicious cyber activity over several years, including operations conducted in the United Kingdom.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that preparations for strengthening Ukraine's air defense are progressing well, following a conversation with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Stoere.
During a conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, President Volodymyr Zelensky discussed the supply of missiles for SAMP/T systems, financing for interceptor drones, and training pilots for Mirage aircraft
The Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense showed US Special Representative Keith Kellogg some Western-made parts of Russian weapons that Ukrainian military intelligence found in destroyed or captured Russian gear.
The defense startup Helsing is reshaping the future of warfare with artificial intelligence – and Russia's aggression against Ukraine has become a major catalyst.
Overnight on July 18, Ukrainian Air Defense Forces destroyed 11 out of 35 Russian drones launched, while six others were lost from radar tracking.
On July 17, Ukrainian forces engaged in 180 combat clashes with Russian troops across the frontline, with one-third of them taking place in the Pokrovsk sector.
Russia suffered about 1,039,830 military casualties in Ukraine between February 24, 2022 and July 18, 2025, with 1,180 personnel killed or wounded in the past 24 hours.
17 July 2025
There were 131 combat clashes on the front line, with the Russians making 48 attempts to advance on the positions of the Defense Forces in the Pokrovsk sector.
The United States, following President Donald Trump's plan for Europe to purchase weapons, sought to quickly supply weapons to Ukraine and considered the possibility of selling Patriot air defense systems from its reserves.
Ukraine will receive Patriot systems in the coming weeks, with all issues currently being coordinated at the level of defense ministries.