Russian forces conducted a series of missile and drone strikes across multiple Ukrainian regions on July 3 and 4, targeting industrial, energy, and civilian infrastructure, resulting in fatalities and injuries.
Dnipro and Poltava strikes
On Saturday, July 4, Russian forces launched a ballistic missile attack on the city of Dnipro. According to Dnipro Mayor Borys Filatov, the strike injured seven individuals aged between 21 and 63, all of whom required hospitalization. Filatov noted that residential areas did not sustain structural damage.
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Oleksandr Hanzha, head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, stated that the strike targeted a private enterprise in the Dnipro district.
In a separate attack on the previous day, July 3, Russian forces struck a DTEK mine administration facility in the Dnipropetrovsk region. The DTEK energy group reported that a security guard was killed and five other employees were injured.
The injured workers are receiving medical assistance. The strike caused a power outage at the facility, temporarily trapping 86 miners underground. All miners were safely evacuated to the surface. Operations at the enterprise have been suspended as crews assess the extensive damage and prepare for emergency recovery work.
In the central Poltava region, Russian unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) struck an industrial enterprise in the Poltava district and an energy facility in the Myrhorod district on the afternoon of July 4.
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Vitaliy Diakivnych, head of the Poltava Regional Military Administration, reported that the attack on the energy site temporarily left approximately 600 consumers without electricity. No casualties were reported in the Poltava strikes.
Casualties in Zaporizhzhia
In the southeastern city of Zaporizhzhia, a Russian drone attack on the evening of July 3 struck a branch of the Nova Poshta postal service.
The company confirmed in a statement that the strike damaged branch No. 7 and killed a 50-year-old driver employed by a partner carrier company. Nova Poshta stated that client parcels remained intact and logistical operations were immediately rerouted to prevent delivery delays.
Local authorities reported that another recent strike in the city damaged the facade of the Zaporizhzhia Regional State Administration building, a nearby multi-story residential building, and several vehicles. Ivan Fedorov, head of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Military Administration, reported that one woman was injured and received medical assistance.
These incidents follow a concentrated series of strikes that began late Friday, July 3, when Russian guided aerial bombs and missiles targeted civilian infrastructure in the Zaporizhzhia and Odesa regions.
Sumy fatalities and broader regional attacks
The recent attacks follow a guided aerial bomb strike on the northeastern city of Sumy on July 3. Oleh Kashperuk, head of the Main Directorate of the National Police in the Sumy region, confirmed on July 4 that the victims of the Sumy attack – a 33-year-old woman and her 5-year-old daughter – were the family members of an officer serving in the region’s special police battalion.
The couple’s 13-year-old daughter was injured in the strike and remains hospitalized.
Attacks on July 4 also affected the Kharkiv and Kherson regions. In Kharkiv, a drone strike in the Kyivskyi district injured a 45-year-old woman, according to Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration.
In the southern Kherson region, an artillery strike on the settlement of Bilozerka injured a 66-year-old woman, who was hospitalized with a concussion and shrapnel wounds to her back and leg.
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