Drone strikes hit Russian commercial hubs as frontline fighting escalates

Cross-border drone attacks and ground fighting have intensified across multiple sectors. Ukrainian drone strikes targeted major Russian commercial infrastructure, causing fires at a Wildberries warehouse in Leningrad Oblast and damaging several logistics hubs belonging to e-commerce rival Ozon, including a key facility in Makhachkala, Dagestan.

In Russian regions, local officials reported severe casualties from drone impacts. Five people died in Moscow Oblast following warehouse damage, while a drone crash on a Krasnodar Krai beach killed seven people, including three children. Meanwhile, Russian strikes on Kyiv killed nine people and injured dozens.

Along the frontline, Russian troops made tactical gains near Artelne in Kharkiv Oblast, while Ukrainian forces reported progress toward Uspenivka.

Sources: Mediazona, Point, Radio Svoboda, The Guardian, The Insider