Russian and Ukrainian strikes kill at least 10
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- Russia struck a supermarket in Chernigiv with drones on July 26, killing two people including a 10-year-old and wounding 13, per city head Dmytro Bryzhynsky and President Zelenskyy; Chernigiv sits close to Belarus and far from the frontline
- Zelenskyy called the Chernigiv strike a 'deeply cynical drone strike on an ordinary supermarket' and labeled the broader Russian attacks 'deliberate Russian terror with absolutely no military justification'
- Ukraine struck a bus stop in Moscow-held Gorlivka with a drone, killing four and wounding seven, according to Russian-installed authorities, with additional strikes reported in occupied Kherson (one killed) and Russia's Belgorod region (one killed in Smorodino village)
- Russia launched ballistic missiles at Kyiv wounding several people and struck one person each in Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv, where officials said Moscow targeted a residential building
- The July 26 attacks follow a Saturday toll of 20 killed on both sides, and Moscow's claim that a Ukrainian strike on an occupied Azov Sea town killed 12 the day prior
- U.S.-led peace talks have stalled, with the Kremlin still occupying swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine and having 'repeatedly said it intends to seize the rest of east Ukraine by force'
Why it matters: The combined civilian toll of at least 30 killed across two days, including strikes on a supermarket near Belarus and a bus stop in occupied east Ukraine, shows the war escalating deeper into non-military targets while U.S.-led diplomacy is deadlocked and Russia states its intent to seize more Ukrainian territory by force.
