Cross-border drone strikes and frontline clashes inflict heavy casualties in Russia and Ukraine

Cross-border aerial strikes and intensive ground fighting have led to substantial casualties across Ukraine and Russia.

Ukrainian drone incursions targeted Russian logistics hubs, igniting fires at Wildberries distribution centres in the Leningrad and Moscow regions. Regional officials reported at least six fatalities and multiple injuries across the affected sites. In southern Russia's Krasnodar region, a drone crash on a Black Sea beach near Gelendzhik killed seven people, including three children, and injured roughly 40 others.

Simultaneously, a Russian aerial bombardment on Kyiv killed nine people and injured 33. On the front lines, Russian forces advanced near Artelne in the Kharkiv region and pushed into Kostiantynivka, while Ukrainian troops progressed toward Uspenivka in southern Donetsk. Meanwhile, Belarus initiated the formation of a new air assault brigade along its Ukrainian border.

Sources: France24, Mediazona, Point, The Insider, Радіо Свобода