Russian Strikes Kill 10 Civilians Across Ukraine, Including Toddler In Sumy Oblast

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Russia continued its attacks across Ukraine on 3 July, killing at least ten civilians and injuring 56 others. The deadliest strikes hit Sumy, Donetsk, and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts, while drones and shelling also targeted residential areas, farmland, and civilian infrastructure in several other regions.

Lozova, Kharkiv Oblast

Russia attacked Lozova in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast, with drones on 3 July, injuring six civilians, including three children.

A strike on a private home sparked a fire and trapped a family inside their cellar when the blast jammed the door. Ukrainian rescuers freed five people, including two children. A 10-year-old girl was hospitalized, while the other victims suffered acute stress reactions.

Russia attacked Lozova in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Oblast, with drones on 3 July, injuring six civilians, including three children.

A strike on a private home sparked a fire and trapped a family inside their cellar when the blast jammed the door. Ukrainian rescuers freed five people,… pic.twitter.com/XORwgFDSRA

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) July 3, 2026

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast

Russian attacks across Dnipropetrovsk Oblast killed three civilians and injured 12 others, including two children, on 3 July.

Russia launched more than 50 attacks across four districts using drones, artillery, guided bombs, and a missile. Two 45-year-old men were killed in Nikopol district, while another civilian was killed in the Sofiivka community of Kryvyi Rih district, where six people were wounded.

The attacks also injured four people, including two children, in Synelnykove district and damaged homes, a supermarket, a college, a gas station, businesses, and other civilian infrastructure across the region.

Russian attacks across Dnipropetrovsk Oblast killed one civilian and injured 13 others on 3 July.

The deadliest strike hit a gas station in the Sofiivka community, where one person was killed and three wounded. Overnight attacks on Kryvyi Rih injured seven more people and… pic.twitter.com/UryMW1kNgf

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Sumy Oblast

Russian attacks across Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast killed five civilians, including a one-year-old girl, and injured at least 22 others on 3 July.

A drone strike on an apartment building in the Romny community killed four people. The victims were two women, an elderly man, and the toddler, who was killed alongside her mother. Three men were also injured and are receiving medical treatment.

Another drone attack in the Richky community killed a 49-year-old woman.

Elsewhere across the oblast, Russian drones and guided bombs wounded civilians in the Sumy, Bilopillia, Vorozhba, and Sad communities, including several children. The attacks continued Russia's sustained campaign against towns and villages near the border.

A Russian drone strike on an apartment building in Romny in Ukraine's Sumy Oblast, killed four civilians, including a girl under two years old, overnight on 3 July.

The attack sparked a major fire that engulfed the building. The victims were two women, an elderly man, and the… pic.twitter.com/51G4l8OEmY

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Donetsk Oblast

Russian attacks across Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast killed four civilians and injured 13 others over the past day.

In Sloviansk, rescuers recovered the body of a man trapped beneath the rubble after a strike on a residential neighborhood. In Oleksandrivka, seven Russian guided bombs killed one civilian and injured six more.

The attacks also damaged 63 homes, 20 vehicles, schools, and administrative buildings as Russia continued striking towns and villages across the region.

Russian attacks across Ukraine’s Donetsk Oblast killed four civilians and injured 13 others over the past day.

In Sloviansk, rescuers recovered the body of a man trapped beneath the rubble after a strike on a residential neighborhood. In Oleksandrivka, seven Russian guided bombs… pic.twitter.com/l7zJ98MBbN

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Kyiv search-and-rescue efforts concluded

Search operations have ended at the apartment building destroyed in Russia's mass attack on Kyiv, with rescuers recovering 10 bodies from the rubble.

The strike on the nine-story building in Darnytskyi district was part of the overnight assault that killed 30 people across the capital. Recovery and stabilization work is continuing at three other damaged sites in the district.

The attack was one of the largest on Kyiv in months, with Russia launching hundreds of drones and missiles in a coordinated overnight strike that caused widespread destruction across the city.

Search operation ends at collapsed 9-story building in Kyiv's Darnytskyi district — 10 bodies recovered from the rubble, State Emergency Service reports.

Russia's overnight attack on the capital has now killed 30 people. Rescue work continues at three other sites in the… pic.twitter.com/QehffxPANY

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) July 3, 2026

Zaporizhzhia Oblast

A Russian drone strike injured two civilians in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, including a farm worker targeted while harvesting crops.

A drone hit a combine harvester during field work in Zaporizhzhia district, injuring a 30-year-old man and setting agricultural machinery and dry vegetation on fire. In another part of the region, a separate strike injured one person and ignited a house and a low-pressure gas pipeline.

A Russian drone strike injured two civilians in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, including a farm worker targeted while harvesting crops.

A drone hit a combine harvester during field work in Zaporizhzhia district, injuring a 30-year-old man and setting agricultural machinery and dry… pic.twitter.com/VuOcjm29Vx

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) July 3, 2026

Wildfires in Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts

Russian attacks sparked at least 23 wildfires across Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts over the past day, burning farmland and natural ecosystems.

In Kherson Oblast, drone debris ignited wheat fields in Beryslav district, destroying crops across several hectares. Emergency services reported 15 ecosystem fires in the region, six caused by Russian attacks. In neighboring Zaporizhzhia Oblast, 17 of 24 recorded wildfires were also linked to Russian shelling.

The fires come as Ukraine enters the peak summer season, when strikes can quickly spread through dry fields and vegetation, putting harvests and nearby communities at greater risk.

Russian attacks sparked at least 23 wildfires across Kherson and Zaporizhzhia oblasts over the past day, burning farmland and natural ecosystems.

In Kherson Oblast, drone debris ignited wheat fields in Beryslav district, destroying crops across several hectares. Emergency… pic.twitter.com/aiq3Pt2fYV

— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) July 3, 2026