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EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas condemned Russia's strike on Latvia's honorary consulate in Sloviansk, stating it demonstrates Moscow's deliberate targeting of civilians. The EU will summon Russia's envoy and propose new sanctions on its military-industrial complex.

At least 21 people were killed in Russian and Ukrainian long-range strikes, including a missile attack on an arms exhibition near Kyiv and a bomb strike in Russia’s Kirov. Ukraine targeted a factory supplying components for Russian military systems, while Russia attacked a frontline city and damaged a Latvian honorary consulate. Both sides intensified drone and missile attacks amid stalled peace efforts.

Russian forces conducted an airstrike on Sloviansk, killing five people and injuring nine. The attack damaged the Honorary Consulate of Latvia and prompted a war crimes investigation by Ukrainian prosecutors.

Russian forces conducted an airstrike on a residential neighborhood in Sloviansk, Donetsk region, wounding 14 people and damaging seven five-story apartment buildings. The attack caused three fires covering approximately 630 square meters.

Russian forces conducted attacks in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk and Kharkiv regions on July 11, with three FAB-250 guided bombs striking Sloviansk, killing one person and injuring three while damaging buildings. In Kharkiv region, a residential building in Izium and a gas station in Kharkiv city were hit, injuring four people.

Ukraine's military reported 233 combat engagements and thousands of Russian strikes and drone attacks on Thursday, with intense fighting across multiple front-line areas. Ukrainian forces resisted dozens of assaults near Sloviansk, Kostiantynivka, and Pokrovsk.

Ukrainian Defense Forces reported 295 combat clashes along the frontline on July 4, with Russian forces launching intense bombardments using over 8,700 kamikaze drones and 252 guided aerial bombs. The heaviest ground assaults occurred in Huliaipole (38 attacks), Pokrovsk (31 attacks), and Sloviansk (25 attacks), followed by Ukrainian strikes on Russian command posts and troop concentrations.

Ukraine's Donbas rear area, from Sloviansk to Kramatorsk, faces ongoing Russian pressure. Russian KAB-type guided aerial bombs have damaged apartment buildings and businesses in Kramatorsk's city center as of June 10, 2026.

Thousands are fleeing as Putin bombs Donbas cities like Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, which Moscow refers to as a 'fortress belt.' Kyiv's situation has improved in other aspects of the war, but these cities remain under attack.

The Ukraine war has entered its fifth year with intensified urban combat and long-range attacks. Russian forces have advanced in Kostyantynivka, Donetsk region, using aerial bombardment to target Ukrainian defenses, while Ukraine has escalated strikes on Russian military infrastructure using drones and 'Flamingo' cruise missiles.

Russian forces conducted a mid-morning airstrike on Sloviansk using guided aerial bombs (KABs), injuring three women and damaging 23 residential buildings, an educational institution, and vehicles. The attack is part of Russia’s weekend aerial campaign in Ukraine.