Ukraine–Russia

Russian missiles and drones hit Kyiv, Chernihiv supermarket and other cities

This version is a correction.

ATTACK
Location
Chernihiv (supermarket strike primary map anchor)
Actors
Russia · Ukraine
Importance
Major

Russia launched seven ballistic missiles and 136 drones overnight, striking Kyiv, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia; a drone hit a Chernihiv supermarket killing two people including a nine-year-old girl, Ukrainian officials said.

Al Jazeera and Reuters reported the 26 July 2026 wave. Ukraine’s air force tallied seven ballistic missiles and 136 drones. In Chernihiv a drone struck a supermarket, killing two including a child and wounding about 25; Zelenskyy called it deliberate terror. Kharkiv reported one dead and 16 injured from a daytime drone; Zaporizhzhia a glide-bomb death; Kyiv apartment fires and three wounded. Naftogaz said two employees died in Sloviansk. This package is the multi-city Russian attack day, not each individual aimpoint BDA.

  • Fatalities: Low 6 · Best 6 · High 10 people · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: Russia and Ukraine trade attacks, killing 10, including child in Chernihiv, Russia strikes Kyiv, other Ukraine cities · Ukrainian-side tally of at least six killed across the multi-city Russian attack day; city-level figures may be revised.

Verification: Probable

Evidence: Russia and Ukraine trade attacks, killing 10, including child in Chernihiv, Russia strikes Kyiv, other Ukraine cities

Air-force package numbers and city-level casualty claims from Ukrainian officials via major wires; independent forensic BDA not established in sources used.