Russian forces are now 20km away from Ukrainian city of Kramatorsk

Russian attacks on Kyiv and the surrounding region killed seventeen people and wounded dozens, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, after Ukraine's depleted air defenses failed to stop any of the missiles fired overnight. Zelensky has again pressed allies for more air defense support. France 24 reports the United Nations has called July the deadliest month for Ukrainian civilians since April twenty twenty-two.

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