Update 2022-07-10 (2): After heavy shelling, a fire broke out in the Russian-occupied city of Shakhtarsk on Sunday (10 July). Parts of the city had to be evacuated. It is believed that the artillery fire set fire to an ammunition depot, which led to further explosions in the city. Shelling also occurred in Kharkiv, Mykolaiv, Kryvyi Rih, and localities around Zaporizhzhia.
The Ukrainian government called on all residents in the occupied areas of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia to flee, saying that recapture attempts would soon be launched.
Russian troops, meanwhile, said they had hit Ukrainian air bases near Kostyantynivka. The town is located in Donetsk oblast.
Update 2022-07-10 (1): On Saturday evening (09 July, local time), according to Ukrainian sources, a Russian missile hit a multi-storey residential building in the village of Chasiv Yar in Donetsk oblast, burying around 30 people under the rubble. According to current reports on Sunday (10 July), at least 15 people were killed. According to Russian sources, up to 100 Ukrainian soldiers were killed in an attack on the town of Slovyansk, which is controlled by Ukrainian forces. The target of the attack was an artillery position and an ammunition depot. During air battles in eastern Ukraine, according to Russian sources, several fighter jets of the Urkain air force were shot down.