Cross-border aerial strikes escalate as fighting intensifies across front lines

Long-range aerial strikes between Ukraine and Russia continue to intensify, inflicting casualties and damaging infrastructure on both sides of the border.

In Ukraine, Russian drone and missile bombardments struck multiple regions. In Kharkiv, an overnight attack killed two people and tore through several floors of a residential building. Further strikes in the Donetsk region targeted Kramatorsk, killing at least one person and injuring 15, while additional strikes were reported in Zaporizhzhia.

Simultaneously, Ukrainian forces launched drone attacks deep into Russian territory. Targets included an aerospace rocket plant in the Samara region, which caught fire following a weekend strike, as well as facilities belonging to retailer Wildberries in Moscow and Saint Petersburg, where at least five people died. Another strike in the Belgorod border region left three dead.

Along contested front lines, soldiers describe heavily monitored "kill zones," where relentless drone surveillance makes exposed troop movement lethal.

Sources: 8 Sidor, Dagens Industri, SVT, Svenska Dagbladet, Sydsvenskan