Russian attacks kill three in eastern Ukraine, officials say

July 2, 2026 5:38 PM EDT

July 2 (Reuters) - Russian ‌attacks killed ​three ​people on Thursday in different regions of eastern Ukraine, regional officials ‌said.

One person died in a series of ⁠attacks around the town of Nikopol, a frequent ‌Russian target lying on ‌the opposite bank of the Dnipro River from the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia nuclear power ​plant, according to Dnipropetrovsk region Governor Oleksandr Hanzha.

Three people were injured.

A seven-year-old child ⁠was killed in an attack and two other children were ​injured further northeast near the town of Synelnykove, Hanzha said.

In the Donetsk ​region, focal point of many ‌of the clashes along the 1,250-km (750-mile) front line, Russian forces dropped ⁠seven bombs on the town of Oleksandrivka, killing one person and injuring two, Governor Vadym ⁠Filashkin said.

One person was killed southwest of the ​city of Donetsk, the Moscow-installed head of parts of the Donetsk Region under Russian control said.

And in ‌the Luhansk region, which Russia says it fully controls, Moscow-appointed officials ‌said a Ukrainian drone strike on a ⁠minibus injured nine ‌people.

Reuters could not ​independently verify accounts from either side.

(Reporting by Ron Popeski; Editing by Stephen ‌Coates)



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