Russian air strike kills 16 jail prisoners – DW – 07/29/2025

A Ukrainian drone strike has killed a person in Rostov area of Russia, the region’s acting governor Yuri Sliusar said on Tuesday.

Slisar said that the victim died after a car was hit on Ostrovski Street. He said that many places were targeted in overnight attack, including Sarsk, Kamansk-Shaktiinski, Volgodonsk, Bokowski, Tarasovski and Sleusar.

The debris hit the Sarsk train station, damaging both a goods and a passenger train. Passengers were evacuated, and no additional injuries.

Ukrainian officials say that a Russian air strike has killed at least 16 prisoners in a detention facility near the front-line city of Zaporizhjia.

According to regional governor Ivan Fedorov, another 35 prisoners were injured in an overnight attack, which damaged several buildings within the campus.

Fedrov stated that the region was killed eight times overnight, possibly by Russian glide bombs, and nearby houses. He said that the injured were receiving medical care.

Glide bombs, launched in the area occupied by Russian aircraft, attack Ukrainian goals with little warnings. Makes their speed and limit Subject It is difficult to interfere with Ukraine’s launch aircraft out of the border.

The Chief of Staff, Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelanski, Andrey Yarmak chose attacks as “another war crime” committed by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Kremlin.

“Putin’s rule, which faces threats against the United States through some mouthpieces against the United States, should face economic and military explosions,” Yarmak said on X.

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The Governor of the Rostov region of Russia said that a person was killed in a Ukrainian drone strike.

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