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Russian attack destroys Ukrainian prison near Zaporizhzhia

Alex Forrest Whiting
July 29, 2025

Ukrainian officials say at least 17 inmates have been killed and more than 80 injured in a Russian airstrike on a Ukrainian prison. Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the strike on the jail was deliberate.

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Images from Ukraine show the aftermath of a Russian airstrike on a prison in the Zaporizhzhia region, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said was a deliberate attack that killed and injured dozens of prisoners. Additional Russian strikes hit other parts of Ukraine, including a hospital in Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region, killing several people.

These attacks came shortly after US President Donald Trump issued a warning to Moscow, demanding an end to the war within 10 to 12 days or face increased sanctions. Despite the Kremlin's stated commitment to peace, the ongoing violence paints a grim picture of the conflict's reality in Ukraine.

(This video summary was created using AI. A journalist edited it before publication.)