Ukraine suffered its highest monthly number of civilian casualties in the last four years of war, according to Kyiv, with children among the latest killed and wounded Sunday.

Russia has killed at least 377 civilians and left some 2,129 injured so far in July, marking the deadliest month since April 2022, soon after the invasion, Kyiv said.

Russia’s latest attack on Sunday saw one person killed in Kharkiv after a drone struck a residential building, with nine others wounded, including two children, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on X.

Ukrainian rescuers carry an injured woman from a residential area in Zaporizhzhia following Russia’s latest bombardment. DARYNA NAUMOVA/EPA/Shutterstock Paramedics administer first aid to an injured man injured in a Russian air strike. Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/INSTARimages

An adult and a 10-year-old child were also killed after a Russian drone attack hit a supermarket in Chernihiv on Sunday, according to local officials.

“This is deliberate Russian terror that has ​no military justification,” Zelensky said of the latest attacks.

Moscow has been ramping up its assault on civilian infrastructure following increasingly successful Ukrainian attacks across the border, with Russia firing more than 34,000 drones, guided aerial bombs and ballistic missiles in the last week alone, Kyiv said.

Although Ukraine’s offenses have evolved and caused a string of humiliations for Russian President Vladimir Putin, Kyiv’s defenses are still marred by a lack of interceptor missiles.

A Russian projectile hit a residential building in Donetsk over the weekend. Ukrainian 93rd Mechanized brigade via AP

Sunday’s assault saw Russia fire at least 8 missiles and 136 drones across Ukraine, with some of the projectiles getting through in Kyiv, Kherson, Donetsk, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Sumy, Odesa, Mykolaiv, Zaporizhzhia, and Chernihiv regions.

“We must undercut Russia’s gamble on ballistic terror. That is why it is so important that deliveries of anti-ballistic defense packages arrive on time,” Zelensky said.

“Every interceptor missile right now is literally helping save lives if it is here, in Ukrainian systems, not in our partners’ warehouses,” he added.

Firefighters rush to put out a blaze caused by a Russian air guided bomb strike on Saturday. AP Photo/Kateryna Klochko

The need for interceptors has led Zelensky to try to speed up a deal with President Trump that would grant Ukraine a license to manufacture the much-needed Patriot missile interceptors.

Zelensky said Thursday that US aerospace and defense company Raytheon was willing to help build the missiles needed when the license deal goes through.