Deadly strikes and drone assaults hit Ukrainian and Russian regions

Cross-border bombardments and active frontline clashes have resulted in scores of casualties across Ukraine and Russia.

In Ukraine, Russian missile and drone strikes hit residential neighborhoods and commercial sites, killing at least ten people in Kharkiv and nine in Kyiv, alongside dozens of reported injuries. On the battlefield, Russian troops secured a localized tactical push near Artilne on the Kharkiv axis, while Ukrainian forces maintained advances toward Uspenivka in southern Donetsk.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian drone operations targeted multiple regions across Russia. In Moscow Oblast, regional authorities confirmed five fatalities and ten injuries following attacks that ignited commercial warehouses. Another major logistics facility caught fire near Saint Petersburg. In Krasnodar Krai, local officials reported seven deaths and approximately 40 injuries after a drone came down on a beach in Arkhipo-Osipovka.

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