Cross-border strikes and artillery barrages escalate in Russia and Ukraine

Intense cross-border operations between Russia and Ukraine have resulted in casualties, power disruptions, and widespread devastation across several regions.

Russian authorities stated that Ukraine launched a massive overnight drone barrage involving over 600 unmanned aircraft, with air defenses shooting down more than 200 drones in the Moscow area, leaving three people injured.

Simultaneously, Russian aerial bombs and artillery struck eastern Ukrainian territories. Local officials confirmed at least three fatalities and nine injuries in Dnipropetrovsk and neighboring areas. In the northern Chernihiv region, power grid failures cut electricity to roughly 99,000 customers. Further east in Donetsk Oblast, heavy shelling continues to batter the frontline settlement of Druzhkivka, where sustained attacks have reduced the civilian population from nearly 56,000 before the war to under 4,000.

Sources: Investor.bg, Mediapool, Nova TV