Ukrainian drone strikes inflict casualties and ignite fires across Russian regions

Cross-border aerial attacks have intensified as Ukrainian drone strikes caused casualties and fires across multiple Russian regions. In Moscow Oblast, local officials reported five deaths and ten injuries following a strike that damaged commercial infrastructure. Further north, in Leningrad Oblast, a drone barrage ignited a fire at a Wildberries warehouse in Krasny Bor, with air defense systems downing 17 drones over the area.

In Krasnodar Krai, regional authorities confirmed that a drone impact on a beach in Arkhipo-Osipovka left seven people dead, including three children, and injured dozens more. Commercial facilities belonging to Wildberries were targeted for consecutive nights, according to reports.

On the front lines, Russian forces secured a tactical advance near Artelne in Kharkiv Oblast, while Ukrainian troops reported progress in southern Donetsk Oblast.

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