Cross-border drone strikes hit Russian commercial hubs as casualties rise

Cross-border aerial attacks and clashes along the front line have escalated. Ukrainian drone strikes targeted Russian commercial infrastructure, igniting a Wildberries warehouse in the Leningrad region and damaging six Ozon facilities within three days, including a logistics hub in Makhachkala, Dagestan. Ozon shares fell by nearly 30 percent following the disruptions.

Fatalities were reported across multiple areas. In Moscow Oblast, a strike on a commercial site killed five people and injured ten. In Krasnodar Krai, a drone crash on a beach near Gelendzhik left seven dead and roughly 40 injured. Meanwhile, Russian strikes on Kyiv killed nine people and injured 33.

On the front line, Russian forces achieved a tactical breakthrough near Artelne in Kharkiv Oblast, while Ukrainian troops advanced toward Velyka Novosilka. Additionally, Belarus is reportedly establishing a new air assault brigade along its border with Ukraine.

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