Cross-border strikes and frontline combat escalate across Ukraine and Russia

Cross-border drone strikes and frontline combat between Russian and Ukrainian forces have intensified. Ukrainian strikes targeted major Russian commercial infrastructure, causing fires at a Wildberries warehouse in Leningrad Oblast and an Ozon logistics facility in Dagestan. Ozon reported strikes across six locations within three days, causing its stock price to fall nearly 30 percent.

In Moscow Oblast, Ukrainian drone attacks left five people dead and ten injured. A separate drone crash on a beach near Gelendzhik in Krasnodar Krai killed seven people and injured approximately 40. Meanwhile, a Russian strike on Kyiv killed nine people and wounded 33.

On the front lines, Russian forces achieved tactical advances near Artelne in Kharkiv Oblast, while Ukrainian troops pushed toward Uspenivka. Additionally, Belarus announced the creation of a new air assault brigade near the Ukrainian border.

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