At least 15 killed in Ukrainian and Russian strikes as holiday camp hit - Al Jazeera

What the report says

Al Jazeera, citing AFP, AP and Reuters, reported that Russian and Ukrainian drone strikes on Ukrainian territory killed at least 15 people on Saturday, July 25, including five children at a holiday camp in Russian-held Zaporizhzhia. Yevgeny Balitsky, the Russian-appointed governor of occupied Zaporizhzhia, said 12 people were killed and 19 wounded in an overnight attack on Kyrylivka, a resort area on the Sea of Azov near Melitopol. He accused Ukraine of intentionally striking civilians; Ukraine had not immediately commented on that incident, according to the report.

In Ukraine’s Sumy region, Ukrainian officials said a Russian drone strike killed three drivers working for the courier company Nova Poshta and ignited a building at what they described as a civilian facility. Russia’s defence ministry gave a different account, saying the target was a Ukrainian drone storage and launch site. The attacks followed a warning from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said late Friday that intelligence indicated a large Russian assault could be imminent.

The report also noted diplomatic and regional developments around the war. The White House said Donald Trump and Zelenskyy were expected to meet Tuesday in Washington. Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, appearing with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Omsk, suggested a peace deal could be possible if the front lines were frozen and negotiations resumed, including an updated version of the Istanbul framework.

Romania’s defence ministry said its forces shot down a drone that entered its airspace near the Ukrainian border, the latest in a series of drone incursions affecting NATO states since Russia’s full-scale invasion. Al Jazeera noted a recent rise in civilian deaths, while both Moscow and Kyiv deny targeting civilians.