Ukrainian drone strikes cause casualties across Russia as frontline fighting persists

Ukrainian drone strikes targeting multiple Russian regions have left several people dead and damaged industrial infrastructure, while Russian strikes and frontline combat continue in Ukraine.

In Moscow Oblast, local officials reported five fatalities and ten injuries following a drone attack on a warehouse. In Leningrad Oblast, air defenses downed 17 drones, but a blaze broke out at a Wildberries logistics complex in Krasny Bor, injuring one person. Further south, in Krasnodar Krai, a drone fell onto a beach in Arkhipo-Osipovka, killing seven people, including three children, and injuring roughly 40 others.

Meanwhile, a Russian attack on Kyiv killed nine people and injured 33. On the ground, Russian forces achieved tactical gains in the Kharkiv direction near Artelne, while Ukrainian troops advanced toward Uspenovka in southern Donetsk. Belarus is also forming a new air assault brigade near the Ukrainian border.

Sources: France24, Mediazona, Point, The Insider, Радіо Свобода