At night and in the morning there were again several air alarms. At about 3:30 in the morning there was a loud explosion that woke us up. In the morning, I looked in Telegram, a Russian missile was indeed shot down in the Rivne region.

 Mass shelling of Ukraine with missiles and drones. The air alert continued for more than 5 hours. The news reports that the Russians launched more than 200 missiles and drones. Two missiles were aimed at Rivne. One was shot down, the other hit an infrastructure object. The drone also hit a 5-story building in Lutsk. Shelling was in all regions of Ukraine. One of the drones flew into Poland and it is not finded for yet.

 The Russians bombed something in Ternopil. It is reported that there is a big fire at an industrial facility and the chlorine content in the air exceeds the norm by 4-10 times.

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Ours take part of the Kursk region of Russia under their control.

  ****         The Russians intensified their pressure on the city of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region.

 The offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the Kursk region of Russia continues for the third day. Our authority does not officially announce anything. Various telegram channels write that the offensive is carried out by regular troops of the Armed Forces of Ukraine with armored vehicles, air defense equipment, artillery and regular weapons. At the beginning of the offensive, the Russians reported that they were fighting a Ukrainian sabotage and intelligence group.

 It is reported in the news that there were two air alarms at night because the most massive attack by "Shakhed" on Kyiv was carried out. Our anti-aircraft defense shot down 89 Shaheds and one missile.

 It was officially reported that as a result of a missile strike on July 8, 38 people died, including 4 children and 190 people were injured.

Okhmadyt children's hospitall

 

At least 20 people have been killed after Russia launched a massive missile attack against cities across Ukraine, according to officials.

In the capital, Kyiv, at least seven people were killed in a rare daytime attack. The city's mayor said a children's hospital was hit by the missile strike and was being evacuated.

The head of the military administration in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih said at least 10 people had been killed there, with three killed in the eastern town of Pokrovsk.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who is visiting Poland, said that Russia had fired some 40 missiles at targets across the country.

Mr Zelensky, who is due to travel to the US for this week's Nato summit in Washington, said Russia had "massively attacked" Ukraine.

"Different cities: Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih, Sloviansk, Kramatorsk. More than 40 missiles of various types. Residential buildings, infrastructure and a children's hospital were damaged," he said.

Plumes of smoke could be seen across the capital Kyiv, while video posted on social media showed the destruction inside and outside of the Okhmadyt children's hospital. It is not clear if anyone inside was injured.

But Mr Zelensky said in a social media post that people were trapped under the rubble of the hospital. He added that the number of people injured at Okhmadyt hospital was unclear.

Vitaliy Klitschko, Kyiv's mayor, told the Reuters news agency the bombardment was the worst attack on the capital since the start of the war.

Elsewhere, Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the military administration in Kryvy Rih, posted on the Telegram messaging app that at least 10 people were killed and 31 wounded following the attack on the city. Of those, he said 10 were seriously injured.

Kryvy Rih is Mr Zelensky's home town and has been repeatedly attacked by Russia since it launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

The Russian bombardment comes as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived in Moscow for a two-day state visit to Russia where he is due to hold talks with President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin.

(BBC news)