Multiple cross-border attacks between Ukraine and Russia during the early morning and evening hours resulted in seven fatalities on Thursday, July 23, 2026. According to regional authorities in the affected areas, three people were killed in Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine, while four others died in Ukrainian drone attacks inside Russia and the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
Strike in Pavlograd, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast
In Pavlograd — a city in Ukraine’s central-eastern Dnipropetrovsk Oblast — three people were killed and 19 injured, including a two-year-old child, regional administration head Oleksandr Hanzha reported in a Telegram post. He confirmed damage to a food-processing facility and said a fire broke out at the site.
Drone Attack in Belgorod Region, Russia
In the Russian border region of Belgorod, one man was killed and another wounded in Sebekino after a Ukrainian drone struck a vehicle, according to a Telegram announcement by local authorities.
Fatal Drone Crash Near Voronezh
In a suburb of Voronezh — about 500 kilometers south of Moscow — a three-year-old boy died when a drone crash sparked a fire at his home, regional Governor Aleksandr Gusev confirmed. The boy’s parents sustained various injuries, and a young man was also wounded in a separate drone attack in the same area.
Attack in Crimea
In Crimea — the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014 — two people were killed and five others injured, including two children, during a Ukrainian incursion, according to Sergei Aksyonov, Moscow-appointed head of the region.