Russia strikes Dnipro, killing 5 and injuring 21

Russian forces struck the city of Dnipro on the morning of 29 June, killing five people and injuring 21 others, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Military Administration head Oleksandr Hanzha reported via Telegram.

A private enterprise was hit in the strike. “The enemy struck Dnipro. A private enterprise has been damaged. Preliminarily, there are casualties,” Hanzha wrote in an initial post. He later confirmed four deaths and updated the wounded count to 21. “Five people are in serious condition — men aged 22, 33, 54, 58, and 59,” Hanzha said.

All emergency services are working at the scene of the strike, according to the regional administration.

Overnight attacks on Nikopol and Kamianske districts

Hours before the Dnipro strike, Russian forces attacked Nikopol and Kamianske districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast overnight into 29 June, Hanzha reported on Telegram. The attack involved more than ten strikes by drones and artillery.

In Nikopol district, the communities of Nikopol, Marhanets, Myrove, Pokrovske, and Chervonohryhorivka came under fire, with private residential buildings damaged, according to Suspilne. In the Pyatykhatky community of Kamianske district, an administrative building and infrastructure were struck, starting a fire.

Russian attacks on other oblasts

Russian forces launched 108 strike drones of the Shahed, Herber, and Italmas types, as well as “Parody” decoy drones, overnight into 29 June, targeting Ukraine from six launch corridors: Bryansk, Kursk, Millerovo, Orel, and Primorsko-Akhtarsk in Russia, as well as from Russian-occupied parts of Donetsk Oblast and the Crimean sites of Chauda and Hvardiiske, Ukraine’s Air Force reported via Telegram.

By 08:00, Ukraine’s air defenses had downed or suppressed 82 of the 108 drones, the Air Force said. Twenty-five strike drones struck 11 locations; debris from downed drones fell on four more. The attack was continuing at the time of the report, with several enemy drones still airborne.

Zaporizhzhia: 3 injured on 28 June

On 28 June, the day before the mass drone attack, Russian forces struck Zaporizhzhia with guided aerial bombs, killing one person and injuring 16 others — including two children, a five-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl, the Zaporizhzhia Oblast Military Administration reported. Three men, six women, and the two children received medical assistance. The attack caused significant damage and a fire across the city.

Poltava: petrol station hit, one injured

Overnight into 29 June, a Russian drone struck a petrol station in Poltava district, injuring one person, Poltava Oblast Military Administration head Vitaliy Dyakivnych reported via Telegram. The person received medical assistance. A second drone fell on the territory of an enterprise in Myrhorod district that morning, causing partial blackouts in the Hadiach community; no casualties were reported. Specialists were working to restore electricity supply, Dyakivnych said.

Mykolaiv oblast: wheat fields burn, no casualties

Russian forces attacked Mykolaiv Oblast with Shaheds, Molniya drones, FPV drones, and guided aerial bombs. In Mykolaiv and Vozniasensky districts, Shahed strikes set fire to dry grass and wheat fields, Mykolaiv Oblast Military Administration head Vitaliy Kim wrote on Telegram. “Yesterday the enemy attacked the oblast with Shahed drones, as a result of which two fires broke out — dry grass and wheat — in Mykolaiv and Vozniasensky districts,” Kim wrote. Molniya kamikaze drones hit Halytsynivska community, damaging a private house in the village of Ukrainka; there were no casualties. Russian forces also attacked the Ochakiv community with FPV drones and guided aerial bombs, while the Kutsuruska community came under artillery fire. No one was injured across the oblast, Kim said. suspilneukrinform

Kropyvnytskyi: enterprise hit, fire put out

Russian forces struck an enterprise in Kropyvnytskyi in Kirovohrad Oblast, starting a fire, Kirovohrad Oblast Military Administration head Andrii Raikových said. Rescuers worked through the night and extinguished the blaze. No casualties were reported.

Russia is systematically targeting petrol stations

The Poltava petrol station strike fits a pattern identified by defense ministry adviser Serhii Beskrestnov, callsign “Flash.” Russia has begun systematically attacking front-line-area petrol stations in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Sumy oblasts using Shaheds and other fixed-wing and rotary kamikaze drones, he said via Telegram. Beskrestnov said the strikes are a response to Ukrainian attacks on Russian logistics, but that civilian petrol stations have no connection to military fuel supplies. “Attacks are taking place in Dnipropetrovsk, Kharkiv, and Sumy oblasts,” Beskrestnov specified. He stressed that civilian petrol stations have no connection to military fuel supplies, and that the true aim of these strikes is terrorizing the civilian population, not damaging Ukrainian military logistics.