Cross-border strikes continue ahead of US peace envoy visits to Kyiv and Moscow

Cross-border military strikes between Russia and Ukraine persisted overnight, preceding scheduled visits by US peace envoys to Moscow and Kyiv. Russian missile and drone attacks targeted several Ukrainian regions, causing casualties including a fatality in Zaporizhzhia and multiple injuries in Kherson. Ukrainian forces reportedly struck a Russian oil refinery and targeted sites in Sochi and Belgorod.

The continued hostilities follow claims by US President Donald Trump that both nations agreed to halt strikes on energy infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Ukraine would comply only if Western allies guarantee that Moscow refrains from attacking Ukrainian energy, civilian infrastructure, and food supply routes. Separately, European Union leaders condemned a Russian attack on a train near Ukraine's border with Poland, characterizing it as an effort to intimidate European allies.

Sources: Avaz, Beta, CDM, N1, Vijesti