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**Summary:**
The text details intensified Russian attacks across eastern and southern Ukraine on July 24, 2025, resulting in multiple casualties, including women and children. Strikes targeted Kharkiv, Donetsk, Odesa, and Cherkasy regions. While Russia steps up attacks, talks of a ceasefire occur. Ukraine reports downing numerous Russian drones and missiles. Meanwhile, a Ukrainian drone strike in Sochi, Russia, resulted in casualties. President Zelensky calls for increased sanctions and strikes on Russian targets.
**News Article:**
**Russian Strikes Intensify Across Ukraine, Leaving Civilians Dead and Wounded**
*Kyiv, Ukraine – July 24, 2025* – A wave of Russian attacks has swept across eastern and southern Ukraine, leaving a trail of death and destruction in its wake. Ukrainian authorities reported at least five fatalities and dozens wounded in separate strikes targeting civilian areas.
The Kharkiv region was particularly hard hit, with a couple and their 36-year-old son killed in a village on Wednesday night. Two women were killed in the Donetsk region on Thursday. The escalating violence comes as ceasefire talks between the warring nations are reportedly underway.
“Staying in the Donetsk region is extremely dangerous,” warned regional governor Vadim Filashkin, as families with children were ordered to evacuate ten settlements.
Kharkiv city also suffered a strike, resulting in 37 injuries, including children. Strikes were reported in the central region of Cherkasy and the southern port city of Odesa, where a drone attack damaged a UNESCO-protected market.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attacks, stating, “Russia continues its terror and obstructs diplomacy, which is why it deserves full-scale sanctions responses, as well as our strikes on their logistics, their military bases, and their military production facilities.” He reported Russia launched 103 drones and four missiles.
In response, Russia claims its air defense systems downed 39 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles. They also reported a Ukrainian drone strike in the southern city of Sochi, Russia, resulted in two fatalities and several injuries.
The escalating conflict continues to claim civilian lives on both sides, raising concerns about the humanitarian crisis and the prospects for a lasting peace.
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