Cross-border strikes escalate as Kyiv and Moscow report civilian casualties

Aerial attacks between Russia and Ukraine intensified across multiple regions, with both nations reporting civilian casualties and significant infrastructure damage.

Russian forces launched ballistic missiles targeting Kyiv, triggering air raid alerts across the capital as multiple explosions were reported. Simultaneously, Russian aviation dropped eight glide bombs on residential neighborhoods in Zaporizhzhia, while additional missile strikes hit port facilities and grain silos in Odesa. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused Russian forces of intentionally targeting civilians with drones in Kherson.

Concurrently, Ukrainian drone strikes hit targets in Russian coastal regions. Russian authorities accused Kyiv of deliberately attacking non-military sites after a drone strike on a resort beach in Gelendzhik, near Krasnodar, killed seven people. Officials reported at least eleven total deaths across Russian-controlled territories.

Sources: ANSA, Corriere della Sera, La Repubblica, La Stampa, La Vanguardia