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Russian forces launched new strikes on Ukrainian territory. According to Ukrainian authorities, there are dead and wounded in Kramatorsk and Pavlohrad. Furthermore, the civilian cargo ship Golden Leo was attacked in the Black Sea, killing, according to the Ukrainian side, six crew members.
According to the Donetsk Regional Prosecutor's Office, Russian troops shelled residential areas of Kramatorsk six times on the night of July 20. A civilian was killed under the rubble of one of the buildings.
Three more women, aged 22, 32, and 60, were injured. The victims were diagnosed with mine blast injuries, bruises, and abrasions. Nine apartment buildings were damaged in the overnight attack.
The prosecutor's office has launched a pre-trial investigation into the incident under the article on war crimes.
The head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Oleksandr Ganzha, reported that two people were killed and 13 others were injured as a result of the night attack on Pavlograd.
According to him, men aged 56 and 38, as well as women aged 87 and 48, were hospitalized in moderate condition. The remaining victims, including a one-year-old girl, were undergoing medical examination.
The regional administration head later clarified that 11 people, including a 13-year-old girl, were hospitalized with moderate injuries. Two more victims will undergo outpatient treatment.
According to regional authorities, Nikopol, Krasnogrygoryevskaya, Marganets, and Pokrovskaya communities were hit in the Nikopol district. A private home and cars were damaged there. A damaged car was also found in the Grushevskaya community of the Kryvyi Rih district. A market and a logistics company warehouse were damaged in Pavlohrad.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that on the night of July 20, Russia attacked Ukraine with two Kh-59/69 guided air-to-air missiles launched from annexed Crimea. Additionally, 94 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were involved in the attack, including Shahed drones, Banderol loitering munitions, and Parodiya drone simulators, launched from the Kursk, Oryol, and Rostov regions of Russia, as well as from Donetsk and the Gvardeyskoye Air Base in annexed Crimea.
According to the Ukrainian military, by 8:00 AM, air defense forces had shot down 81 Russian drones in the north, south, and east of the country. One missile and nine attack drones were also reported to have been hit at nine different locations. Another missile, according to the Ukrainian military, missed its target.
Separately, the Ukrainian side reported an attack on the civilian dry cargo ship Golden Leo in the Black Sea.
According to the Ukrainian Navy, on July 19, Russian forces launched three cruise missiles at a vessel flying the flag of Guinea-Bissau and allegedly leaving the combat zone with a cargo of grain. According to Ukrainian military officials, the dry cargo ship is owned by a Turkish company.
The missiles reportedly hit the starboard side of the superstructure, causing a fire to break out on the vessel. Ukrainian military initially reported five dead and five missing crew members.
Later, Ukraine's Minister for Reconstruction, Infrastructure, and Transport, Mykola Kalashnik, stated that the death toll had risen to six, with four more people still missing.
Eight crew members were evacuated and taken to a hospital in Odessa. According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the sailors included citizens of Syria and India. A Ukrainian pilot was among the dead.
The Ukrainian Navy described the incident as a targeted strike on an unarmed civilian vessel flying a foreign flag, which they claimed posed no military threat. They characterized the attack as a terrorist act against peaceful shipping and a gross violation of international humanitarian law.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Serhiy Koretsky instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to inform the countries whose citizens were affected by the strike, as well as Kyiv's international partners. He stated that decisions are being developed jointly with the military command to enhance navigation safety and protect civilian vessels and sailors.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha also recalled that, according to him, the previous day, Russian forces attacked another foreign merchant vessel in the Black Sea, sailing under the flag of Antigua and Barbuda. One crew member was killed and three others were injured.
Sybiha noted that during Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's recent visit to London, he discussed with the leadership of the International Maritime Organization the creation of an international monitoring mission in Ukrainian ports. According to him, Kyiv expects the mission to begin operations in the fall and will record attacks on civilian shipping.
