Russian strikes kill eight in Ukraine as Moscow claims eastern advances

Widespread Russian drone and artillery bombardments across several Ukrainian regions have killed at least eight people and wounded over 60 others, local authorities reported. Ukrainian emergency services stated that approximately 180 drones were deployed against targets in Odesa, Sumy, Zaporizhzhia, and Dnipropetrovsk.

In Dnipropetrovsk alone, around 60 strikes across five districts resulted in five fatalities and 16 injuries, including deaths in Kamianske and Pavlohrad. Near Kryvyi Rih, an aerial strike on a fuel station killed three civilians, among them an eight-year-old child.

Concurrently, intense combat continues across the eastern front line. Russia's Ministry of Defence announced that its troops captured the settlements of Vasyutinske and Toretsk in the Donetsk region. Ukrainian military officials reported heavy ongoing clashes across active sectors in the east.

Sources: Adevărul, Moldova1, Ziarul de Gardă