Deadly aerial strikes and frontline clashes cause casualties across Ukraine and Russia

Ukrainian forces and Russian military operations continued across multiple fronts alongside renewed aerial strikes. In Ukraine, Russian attacks on Kyiv resulted in nine deaths and 33 injuries, while Russian forces achieved a tactical breakthrough near Kharkiv. Meanwhile, Ukrainian defensive forces advanced on the Southern Donetsk front, and Belarus established a new air assault brigade near the Ukrainian border.

Across the border, Ukrainian drone strikes targeted several Russian regions. Attacks on Moscow Oblast caused five fatalities and ten injuries, according to regional officials. In Leningrad Oblast, falling debris from intercepted drones ignited a fire at a Wildberries warehouse in Krasny Bor, leaving one person injured. A separate drone crash on a beach in Krasnodar Krai killed seven people and injured approximately 40 others.

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