Russian forces struck the Bilenkivska correctional colony near Zaporizhzhia with four guided aerial bombs overnight on 29 July, killing 17 inmates and injuring 42 others, Ukraine’s Justice Ministry and regional governor Ivan Fedorov said. The blasts destroyed the prison’s dining hall, administrative block and quarantine unit and damaged nearby homes, but officials noted that the perimeter fence remained intact and no prisoners escaped. Kyiv condemned the attack as a deliberate war crime. President Volodymyr Zelensky and Human Rights Commissioner Dmytro Lubinets said the strike showed Moscow’s disregard for civilian life and urged international partners to increase pressure on the Kremlin. Rescue teams continued clearing debris at the site on Tuesday morning. The prison bombing follows a 16 July Russian airstrike in Dobropillia, Donetsk region, where a 500-kilogram bomb hit a crowded shopping centre, killing two civilians and wounding 27. Regional authorities reported damage to 54 retail outlets, 304 apartments and eight vehicles in that attack. Ukraine’s air force said Russia also launched 37 drones and two missiles overnight; air-defence units shot down 32 drones. Separate missile strikes on the Dnipropetrovsk region killed two people and injured at least five, underscoring what Kyiv describes as an expanding campaign against civilian targets far from the front lines.