Cross-border drone strikes cause casualties in Russia as frontlines shift

Cross-border aerial operations and frontline clashes continued to intensify as Ukrainian drone attacks struck multiple Russian regions, while Russian forces advanced in eastern Ukraine.

In Russia's Krasnodar Krai, local authorities reported seven fatalities after a drone crashed onto a beach in Arkhipo-Osipovka. Attacks in Moscow Oblast resulted in five deaths and ten injuries, according to regional officials. Further north in Leningrad Oblast, drone strikes targeted Wildberries e-commerce warehouses in Krasny Bor for a second consecutive night, causing fires and injuring one person.

Simultaneously, Russian troops achieved a tactical breakthrough near Artelne on the Kharkiv front and maintained pressure around Kostiantynivka. Ukrainian forces continued counter-advances in southern Donetsk toward Uspenivka and Velyka Novosilka. Meanwhile, Belarus announced the formation of a new air assault brigade near its border with Ukraine.

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