Cross-border drone strikes hit Russian logistics hubs as frontline combat continues

Intense cross-border aerial attacks and ground clashes have continued across Ukraine and Russia. Ukrainian drone strikes targeted logistics infrastructure across several Russian regions, sparking major fires at Wildberries distribution facilities in the Leningrad and Moscow oblasts. Russian officials reported casualties from the strikes, including at least five deaths in the Moscow area, while separate reporting placed the nationwide toll from the regional warehouse strikes at six. In southern Russia, an uncrewed aerial vehicle crashed onto a Black Sea beach near Gelendzhik, killing seven people and injuring dozens.

The strikes coincided with heavy fighting along several front-line sectors. Russian forces made tactical advances near Artelne in Kharkiv and pushed into Kostiantynivka, while Ukrainian units sustained localized counter-advances toward Uspenivka. Meanwhile, Belarus is forming a new air assault brigade near the Ukrainian border.

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