Russia and Ukraine trade drone attacks with 5 people killed in each country

Russia and Ukraine traded accusations of deadly drone attacks on Tuesday, with both sides reporting civilian casualties. Officials in Russia's Moscow region stated that five people were killed in attacks there. Simultaneously, Ukrainian authorities reported a similar number of fatalities across various sites in their country, including two children.

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Attacks that kill and injure children must stop.

The United Nations children's agency issued a statement on Tuesday, urging both nations to uphold international humanitarian law and protect children. This call comes amid recent reported deaths in Russia's Belgorod and Krasnodar regions, as well as in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions. "Attacks that kill and injure children must stop," the agency stated.

Ukraine has increasingly utilized long-range drones to strike targets deep within Russia since the full-scale invasion began. These attacks have increasingly targeted oil facilities, major storage depots, and other key infrastructure. The UN reported last month that over 16,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since the war started, with casualties steadily rising each year.

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The video shows the man trying to flee the drone as it circles his vehicle, follows him and ultimately strikes the car where he was trying to hide.

Meanwhile, escalating attacks on shipping in the Black Sea by both Russia and Ukraine have revived fears about global food security. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy shared a video on social media purportedly showing a Russian drone attacking a street vendor in the southern city of Kherson. The video depicts the vendor attempting to flee the drone, which ultimately strikes the vehicle where he sought shelter. According to an interview, the vendor sustained wounds to his back, legs, and arms.

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He suffered wounds to his back, legs and arms, according to an interview he gave to the Kherson regional military administration.

Ukraine's Prosecutor General's Office reported on Tuesday that drone attacks on civilians have surged since the war began, resulting in 967 deaths, including 10 children, and nearly 7,000 injuries. A UN commission concluded in October 2025 that such attacks constituted crimes against humanity. Zelenskyy stated, "The world must see this... It must see every piece of evidence that Russia has gone mad and that its soldiers take pleasure in killing and abusing civilians."

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The world must see this. It must see every piece of evidence that Russia has gone mad and that its soldiers take pleasure in killing and abusing civilians.