Deadly cross-border drone and missile strikes hit Ukraine and Russia

Heavy cross-border strikes and frontline clashes have resulted in dozens of casualties across Ukraine and Russia. In Ukraine, Russian missile and drone attacks on Kharkiv killed at least ten people, while an earlier strike on Kyiv left nine dead. Meanwhile, fighting continued along the Kharkiv and southern Donetsk sectors.

Concurrently, Ukrainian forces launched extensive drone waves targeting several Russian regions. In the Moscow area, drone strikes ignited warehouse fires, killing five people and injuring at least ten others. In Leningrad Oblast, another logistics facility caught fire in Krasny Bor following drone interceptions. In Krasnodar Krai, seven people died and approximately 40 were injured when a drone fell on a crowded beach near Gelendzhik.

Sources: Mediazona, Point, Sweden Herald, The Insider, Радіо Свобода