219-plus Ukrainian Children Killed by Russians in July

There are acceptable military targets during war and there is collateral damage caused by accidental death and destruction of civilians and non-combatant targets.

Sadly, russian cutthroats do not know the difference between the two. For them, apartment buildings, schools, churches, theaters, restaurants, hospitals, supermarkets and food lines are primary military targets in their demented minds.

According to the latest United Nations report, at least 219 Ukrainian civilians were killed and 1,018 injured in Ukraine in July due to russian attacks, which makes it the deadliest month for civilians since October 2022. The high number of casualties in July continues a trend of increasing civilian casualties since March 2024.

The UN noted the large-scale coordinated attack launched by the russian armed forces across Ukraine on July 8 that killed at least 43 civilians, including five children, and injured 147, including seven children, in Kyiv, Dnipro, Kryvyi Rih (Dnipropetrovsk region) and Kyiv region. One missile the 8 July 8 attack also struck a hospital complex in Kyiv, completely destroying the toxicology department of the Okhmatdyt National Children’s Hospital and significantly damaging the Center for Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery.

In June and July, the most intensive offensive military operations by the russian armed forces shifted from northern Kharkiv region to the Donetsk region. As a result, verified civilian casualties in Donetsk region increased from 125 civilians killed or injured in May to 224 in June and 269 in July 2024. 

The UN said the vast majority of civilian casualties (90 per cent) and damage to educational and health facilities (86 per cent) continued to occur in Kyiv-controlled territory.

Ukraine Occupies 130 km of Russian Territory

Ukraine Occupies 130 km of Russian Territory as US Provides Kyiv with more Weapons

WASHINGTON, DC — As Ukraine’s soldiers crossed the Russian border for the first time in history and scored humiliating victories against Russians at home, the  U.S. announced today that it is sending Ukraine an additional $125 million in weapons to assist in its military operations against Russia.

The package includes much-needed air defense capabilities, radars to detect and counter enemy artillery and anti-tank weapons, the White House announced Friday. 

National security spokesman John Kirby said Ukraine’s use of U.S.-provided weapons in the offensive was in line with administration policies. The Biden administration has approved their use in cross-border counterstrikes against Russia but not against targets deeper inside Russia, although the specific distances are not clear.

It is reported that Ukrainian forces have occupied 130 km of Russian territory.

The Ukrainian expeditionary invasion of Russia via Kursk has grown from 300 heroic soldiers to a force of thousands along with tanks and armor. 

The prize includes the “faucet” that controls the flow of petroleum from Russia to Europe. Reportedly this resulted in a 80 percent increase in the price at the pumps across Europe.

The latest package comes as Ukraine has launched its largest ground offensive on Russian soil since the war began in February 2022. The offensive in the Kursk region has prompted Moscow to declare an emergency and send reinforcements there. 

Russians at home are able to watch for the first time decimated Russian military convoys and burning bodies of Russian soldiers.

Simultaneously, the Russian cutthroats struck a Ukrainian supermarket in Kostiantynivka , killing at least 14 and wounding 44. Moscow continues to demonstrate that it regards apartment buildings, restaurants, hospitals and supermarkets as military targets.

The weapons in this latest aid package will be drawn from existing U.S. stocks and will include Stinger missiles, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) ammunition and vehicles. It brings the total amount of U.S. aid to Ukraine since 2022 to $55.6 billion. 

July saw the heaviest civilian casualties in Ukraine since October 2022, the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said Friday. Conflict-related violence killed at least 219 civilians and injured 1,018 in July, the mission said.