Ukrainian drone strikes hit Russian warehouses as cross-border attacks intensify

Wave after wave of cross-border strikes has inflicted mounting casualties and infrastructure damage in both Russia and Ukraine. Overnight Ukrainian drone raids struck logistics facilities across several Russian regions, igniting major fires at Wildberries distribution warehouses in the Moscow and Leningrad oblasts. Russian regional officials confirmed at least five deaths and ten injuries in the Moscow region, while an uncrewed aircraft crash on a Black Sea beach near Gelendzhik killed seven people and injured dozens. Other reporting cited a direct toll of six fatalities from the regional warehouse strikes.

The attacks followed a Russian strike on Kyiv that killed nine civilians and injured dozens. Along the front line, Russian forces achieved tactical gains near Artelne in the Kharkiv sector and advanced in Kostiantynivka, while Ukrainian units sustained localized counter-advances toward Uspenivka. Meanwhile, Belarusian forces are establishing a new air assault brigade near the Ukrainian border.

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