At least 11 killed in Ukraine as Moscow and Kyiv continue to trade attacks

What the report says

Al Jazeera, citing officials from both sides and Reuters, reported that Russian attacks killed at least 11 people in Ukraine on Friday, July 24, 2026, as Kyiv and Moscow continued long-range strikes against each other. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said six people died and dozens were wounded in a Russian missile strike in the Kyiv region, where emergency crews were working at the scene. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko had earlier urged residents to remain in shelters while air defences operated.

In eastern Ukraine, Sloviansk governor Vadym Filashkin said five people were killed and nine injured after Russia dropped two aerial bombs on the city, and he urged civilians still near the front line to evacuate. Al Jazeera’s Audrey MacAlpine reported from Kyiv that daytime ballistic attacks by Russia were unusual and that warnings of further large attacks were circulating. In the southern Mykolaiv region, acting governor Heorhii Reshetilov said a Russian drone strike damaged two civilian vessels at port infrastructure, with no injuries reported.

Russia, meanwhile, said Ukrainian attacks on its Kirov region killed six people and wounded 26 at a factory, according to regional governor Alexander Sokolov. Russian e-commerce company Wildberries also said its warehouses in Saint Petersburg, the surrounding Leningrad region and Simferopol in annexed Crimea were targeted, with founder Tatyana Kim reporting no preliminary casualties. Zelenskyy described the strikes on Russian logistics as successful and said the operation was continuing.

Al Jazeera also reported Russian claims that its forces had taken Zakharivka and Ivashchyne in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region and that its military downed 571 Ukrainian drones overnight. Those battlefield and air-defence claims were presented as Russian statements and were not independently verified in the article.