Russia and Ukraine exchange heavy overnight strikes amid frontline devastation

Overnight aerial and artillery exchanges between Russian and Ukrainian forces have resulted in casualties, power disruptions, and widespread devastation across multiple regions.

Russian officials reported that air defense systems intercepted more than 200 Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles during an extensive drone barrage targeting the Moscow area, leaving three people injured. At the same time, Ukrainian authorities stated that Russian artillery and aerial bombings across eastern Ukraine killed at least three people and wounded nine others, notably in the Dnipropetrovsk region. In the northern Chernihiv region, infrastructure damage disrupted electricity supplies to approximately 99,000 customers.

Meanwhile, continuous Russian bombardment has severely devastated the frontline town of Druzhkivka in Donetsk Oblast. A vital component of the Kramatorsk defensive line, Druzhkivka has seen its population drop from roughly 56,000 prior to the invasion to fewer than 4,000 residents.

Sources: Investor.bg, Mediapool, Nova TV