Ukrainian drone strikes hit Russian commercial hubs as fighting intensifies

Ukrainian long-range drone attacks targeted Russian commercial infrastructure, striking major logistics hubs belonging to Wildberries and Ozon. Impacts were reported in Leningrad Oblast, Moscow Oblast, and Dagestan, causing fires and triggering a sharp drop in Ozon stock prices. Russian regional authorities reported civilian casualties from drone impacts, including five deaths in Moscow Oblast and seven on a beach in Krasnodar Krai.

Concurrently, a Russian strike on Kyiv killed nine people and injured dozens. On the front lines, Russian forces achieved a tactical breakthrough near Artelne in Kharkiv Oblast, while Ukrainian troops maintained minor counter-advances near Velyka Novosilka in Donetsk. Meanwhile, Belarus initiated the formation of a new air assault brigade along its southern border with Ukraine.

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