A man and a woman were killed in a Russian attack that hit Zaporozhye, a large city in southern Ukraine, local authorities said.
"An enemy missile hit an open area. Unfortunately, a man and a woman were killed," Anatoly Kourtev, secretary of the city council, said on his Telegram account, adding that another woman was injured.
"The shock wave destroyed the windows of tall buildings, damaged the building of an educational institution and a supermarket," he said.
According to the data of the armed forces of Ukraine, during the past day, the Russian army launched "five missiles and 19 airstrikes" and targeted "30 times with multi-barrel rocket launchers the positions" of Ukrainian troops and populated areas.
In August, Saudi Arabia will host talks on Ukraine, which will be attended by large developing countries, including India and Brazil, in addition to Western countries and Ukraine, the Wall Street Journal reported.
The meeting, scheduled to be held in Jeddah on August 5 and 6, is expected to be attended by senior officials from up to 30 countries, including Indonesia, Egypt, Mexico, Chile, Zambia, the report said, citing diplomats involved in the discussions.
Ukraine and Western officials hope that the talks, which exclude Russia, can lead to international support for peace terms that favor Ukraine, according to a statement, Reuters reports.
The Kremlin, which claims to have annexed about a sixth of Ukraine's territory, has said it believes peace talks with Ukraine are possible only if Kiev accepts the "new reality", which refers to its territorial claims.
Kiev says negotiations with Russia would be possible only after Moscow withdraws its troops.
It is not known how many countries will be invited. attend the meeting.
The Russian army announced today that the previous day it hit the command center of the Ukrainian army in Dnieper, in the east of Ukraine, where nine people were injured in a rocket attack on a residential building.
"On the evening of July 28, the Russian armed forces hit the command center of the Ukrainian forces in the Dnieper with high-precision weapons. The target was hit, the goal of the attack was achieved," the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.
According to the statement, the Russian military is continuing "offensive operations" in the Kupyansk region of northeastern Ukraine where Moscow claims to have advanced several kilometers in recent weeks.
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Ukraine's State Emergency Service announced on July 29 that nine people, including two children, were wounded in a rocket attack by Russian forces on the city of Dnipro the previous evening.
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The attacks hit a building used by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and a residential building.
Rescue operations have been halted in the central Ukrainian city of Dnipro after rocket fire, while heavy fighting continues in the south of the country.
The Ukrainian military said on July 29 that there had been 27 clashes between Ukrainian forces and Russian troops the previous day, with Russian forces carrying out attacks in the eastern regions of Lugansk and Donetsk.
The Ukrainian army announced that it is repelling the Russian offensive near Maryinka, in the Donetsk region, and that Russia is concentrating troops in the southern regions of Zaporozhye and Kherson.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky condemned the attack on July 28, calling it "Russian missile terror" that occurred while Ukraine was celebrating its National Day, the Radio Free Europe editorial office reports in English.
In his overnight address, Zelensky said he immediately spoke with the SBU, the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the State Emergency Service and the commander of the Ukrainian army after the residential building and the SBU building were hit.
Zelensky said that all the necessary services are on the spot and promised that he "will do everything so that Russia is punished for aggression and terror against our people."
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The Reuters agency published photos taken during today's visit of the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky to members of the Ukrainian special forces near the eastern city of Bakhmut.
Dozens of extremists from Germany have traveled to the war zone since the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the German Ministry of the Interior announced in response to a question from the Welt newspaper.
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