Ukrainian drone strikes hit Russian retail hubs and coastal areas as casualties rise

Ukrainian drone attacks have hit major Russian logistics infrastructure and coastal regions, causing civilian casualties and supply disruptions. Strikes targeted facilities belonging to online retailers Wildberries and Ozon across Moscow, Leningrad, and Dagestan, triggering fires and driving Ozon's shares down nearly 30 percent. In Moscow Oblast, a warehouse attack left five people dead and ten injured.

Along the Black Sea coast in Krasnodar Krai, seven people, including three children, were killed when a drone crashed on a beach in Arkhipo-Osipovka, leaving approximately 40 others injured. Meanwhile, Russian forces achieved tactical advances near Artilne in Kharkiv Oblast, while Ukrainian troops reported progress near Uspenivka. Separately, an overnight strike on Kyiv killed nine people and injured 33.

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