Ukrainian drone strikes target Baltic port and western Russian regions

A series of overnight drone exchanges between Russia and Ukraine resulted in casualties and infrastructure damage across several regions. Russian officials reported intercepting 150 drones over Leningrad Oblast, where a strike on the Baltic port of Ust-Luga sparked a fire and injured three workers. A woman in Vsevolozhsk was killed when drone debris struck her home, while additional impacts were recorded at industrial facilities in Kirishi and Novgorod Oblast.

Russian military channels indicated that Aerospace Forces pilots were killed while attempting to repel the attacks over Leningrad Oblast, with unconfirmed reports suggesting the loss of three Russian aircraft during the raid. In Ukraine, Russian missile and drone strikes hit critical infrastructure in Kryvyi Rih, leaving parts of the city without power, and caused fires in Kharkiv.

Sources: Belsat, Mediazona, NEXTA, The Insider, Verstka.