Ten Dead in Russian and Ukrainian Attacks
Translated from Greek, summarized and contextualized by DistantNews.
At a glance
- Ukrainian and Russian attacks have resulted in at least ten deaths and multiple injuries across both countries.
- In Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine, four people died in a Ukrainian drone strike, while another person was killed in the occupied Kherson region.
- Russia launched numerous drones and missiles overnight, with Ukraine reporting civilian casualties from Russian attacks, including in Kharkiv and Chernihiv.
At least ten people have died and several others were injured in a fresh wave of attacks between Russia and Ukraine. Ukrainian drone strikes in Russian-controlled eastern Ukraine killed four people in Horlivka and one in the occupied Kherson region, according to local Russian authorities.
In the village of Smorodyne, near Russia's Belgorod border, one person died from a drone attack. In the city of Rylsk, three others were injured. The Russian Defense Ministry reported intercepting 133 Ukrainian drones overnight, primarily targeting Moscow and Crimea.
Ukraine reported civilian casualties from Russian attacks. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that one person was killed and nine injured, including two children, by a Russian drone strike on residential buildings in Kharkiv. He also condemned a "cynical strike" on a supermarket in Chernihiv, which killed two people, including a child, and injured 13.
In Zaporizhzhia, one person died and six were injured by a guided bomb. Russia launched eight missiles and 136 drones overnight, with Ukrainian air force intercepting 6 and 104 respectively. The previous day, Ukrainian strikes on a "tourist campsite" in the occupied Zaporizhzhia region killed eight adults and four children.
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Originally published by Ta Nea in Greek. Translated, summarized, and contextualized by our editorial team with added local perspective. Read our editorial standards.