{"id":7167,"date":"2026-07-03T08:58:18","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T08:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=7167"},"modified":"2026-07-03T13:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T13:46:40","slug":"at-least-five-killed-in-ukrainian-strike-on-russian-market-governor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/at-least-five-killed-in-ukrainian-strike-on-russian-market-governor\/","title":{"rendered":"At least five killed in Ukrainian strike on Russian market \u2013 governor"},"content":{"rendered":"

More than a dozen civilians were also injured in the attack in Zaporozhye Region, preliminary reports say<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n

A Ukrainian drone strike on a market in Tokmak, Zaporozhye Region has left at least five residents dead and another 18 injured on Friday, Governor Evgeny Balitsky has reported.<\/p>\n

The Russian official stressed that the casualty count is preliminary, as local rescue services continue to respond to the emergency.<\/p>\n

His initial report said victims were being rushed to a local hospital amid an ongoing Ukrainian raid.<\/p>\n

Balitsky said Ukrainian forces deliberately struck people who were buying groceries and fit a pattern of attacks against civilian locations.<\/p>\n

A series of Ukrainian overnight attacks on the region have killed three people and injured several others, Balitsky previously said. One of the fatalities was the driver of a truck hit by a drone, according to the official. The two others were an elderly couple, whose bodies were recovered from a destroyed rural home.<\/p>\n

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Zaporozhye Region is among former Ukrainian territories that Kiev claims sovereignty over and seeks to retake through continued hostilities. It joined Russia following a referendum in late 2022, which the Ukrainian government branded a \u201csham.\u201d<\/em> Parts of the region remain under control of Ukrainian forces.<\/p>\n

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Earlier in the day, the acting governor of Russia\u2019s Belgorod Region, Aleksandr Shuvaev, reported<\/a> that an overnight missile strike killed a woman and left another one injured.<\/p>\n

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