People Killed in Russia and Annexed Crimea Amid Ukrainian Counterattacks

Ukrainian counterattacks killed people in Russia and on the Crimean Peninsula, according to Russian authorities. In Perm, more than 1,100 kilometers east of Moscow, one person died in what Governor Dmitry Makhonin described as a major Ukrainian attack. Four others were injured and a high-rise residential building was damaged, he said. Russian authorities reported that 27 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted over the Perm region.

In the border region of Belgorod, a man was killed in the city of Grayvoron during a Ukrainian drone attack, according to the regional civil defense headquarters. A woman was injured. Authorities also reported another injury, damage and fires in further attacks.

On Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, the Moscow-appointed governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhayev, said a man and a teenage girl were killed in a Ukrainian attack. Eight apartment buildings were damaged, according to his report.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed Ukrainian strikes against targets in Russia. He said a refinery in the Ryazan region was damaged, while refineries in the Perm region and Tatarstan were also targeted. Other strikes hit targets in the Kursk region and the Black Sea.

The attacks came after U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow and, for the first time, Kyiv to discuss ending the war. The United States has presented itself as a mediator, but the visits produced no immediate progress. Russia uses Crimea as a staging and supply base, while Ukraine continues to strike targets there as part of its defense against the invasion.