Ukrainian Drones Strike Belgorod, Rostov-on-Don Overnight
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- Belgorod was struck overnight July 27, with 12 people injured, a residential building and 15 parked cars set ablaze, a home partially destroyed, and several multi-apartment buildings damaged, per Belgorod Oblast's Operational Headquarters.
- Rostov-on-Don saw two deaths (a married couple) and five injuries — including a seriously hurt teenager — as warehouses, homes, and an apartment building were damaged, with smoke rising above the city's shipping port, according to Governor Yuri Slyusar.
- Taganrog, on Russia's Azov Sea coast, also reported explosions overnight according to the Supernova Plus Telegram channel.
- President Zelensky confirmed on July 25 that Ukrainian forces struck a logistics facility in Yekaterinburg and an oil refinery in Tyumen Oblast as part of a broader overnight campaign against targets sustaining Russia's war effort.
- Ukrainian forces also hit a Chornomornaftogaz facility and drone-control relay equipment in Russian-occupied Crimea overnight July 26, per Ukraine's General Staff.
- Russian forces struck a Chernihiv supermarket on July 26, killing two people including a 9-year-old girl and injuring 25 others, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service.
Why it matters: The overnight barrage — spanning Belgorod on the Ukrainian border, Rostov-on-Don in the south, and Taganrog on the Azov Sea — shows Ukraine's drone reach now routinely hits cities across western Russia while Russia continues retaliating against Ukrainian civilians, including a July 26 Chernihiv supermarket strike that killed a 9-year-old.
