A Russian FAB-250 guided bomb struck a Kramatorsk supermarket July 4, wounding five and igniting a 1,300-square-meter fire.
WHY THIS MATTERS · This matters because Russia has resumed hitting Ukraine's grid substations heading into a war-strained year and just opened a new front across the Oskil river near Kupiansk, threatening both civilian heat and a fresh Ukrainian defensive collapse.
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70 thermal detections within the search box around Kramatorsk; nearest 13.3 km from the claimed location (2026-07-03 +3d).
"a Russian FAB-250 guided bomb equipped with a unified gliding and correction module (UMPK) struck a crowded supermarket in the center of Kramatorsk . The attack wounded five civilians, including an 11-year-old boy, and triggered a massive 1,300-square-meter fire."
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- Strikes on Ukrainian transmission substations resumed on Jun 26 after a five-week pause
- Russian Shahed-type drone output has reached roughly 190 airframes per week
- Neither side retains the capacity for a decisive offensive before autumn
- The EU approved a fourteenth military-assistance tranche including long-range strike systems