Russian and Ukrainian drone strikes kill at least 5 in each country

Russia’s relentless aerial attacks on Ukraine have killed more than 16,000 civilians, with casualties rising steadily each year, according to the United Nations.

Ukrainian drone attacks in the region around Moscow killed five people, local officials said Tuesday, while authorities in Ukraine said Russian aerial strikes there also caused at least five civilian deaths.

A Russian FPV drone was filmed chasing a civilian through a Kherson street before exploding nearby, leaving the man injured. Ukrainian officials condemned the attack as a deliberate hunt for civilians and called it another Russian war crime requiring an international response.

Ukraine has developed long-range drones that can hit targets deep inside Russia

Ukraine has conducted long-range strikes targeting civilian infrastructure in Russia, and in recent weeks stepped up attacks on warehouses belonging to the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries.

Ukrainian drone attacks in the Moscow region have killed five people, according to local officials

Ukrainian drone attacks in the Moscow region have killed five people, according to local officials

At least seven people were killed in southern Russia on Monday after debris from a Ukrainian drone fell onto a crowded beach, according to local officials, in one of the deadliest incidents in recent weeks. Three of those killed in the incident in a Black Sea resort area in the city of Gelendzhik, were children, …

Russia says seven killed as Ukrainian drone hits crowded Russian beach  CNN

Video shows the moment a drone struck a crowded beach near the Russian Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik.

Pictures showed the huge explosion. 18:16, Mon, Aug 3, 2026 Updated: 18:16, Mon, Aug 3, 2026 The explosion (Image: East2West)There was terror on a Russian beach today as a “downed” Ukrainian drone crashed and exploded onto sunbathers.At least four people were killed and a dozen wounded as the unmanned plane exploded in

Moment Ukrainian drone hits Russian holiday resort, killing seven and injuring 40  lbc.co.uk

Russia has used glide bombs to smash Ukrainian towns and cities since it invaded its neighbour more than four years ago.

Russian glide bombs on residential districts of Zaporizhzhia in Ukraine killed one person, while six people were killed by Ukrainian drone debris in Russia's Arkhipo-Osipovka.

Beachgoers were startled after the Ukrainian unmanned aircraft crashed to the ground in Arkhipo-Osipovka, a resort on the Black Sea.

Six people, including three children, were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on the village of Arkhipo-Osipovka near Gelendzhik, Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev said.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched an intense barrage of ballistic missiles and drones overnight into Saturday, killing at least nine people and wounding 33 civilians in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, authorities said. The strikes follow a major Russian attack two days earlier that killed at least 10 people and wounded

More than 1.5 million books had already been destroyed in strikes on the Ukrainian book industry in July, as the Kremlin wages its campaign to destroy the country's national identity, according to the Ukrainian Book Institute.

Russian drone attack on Rozetka warehouse kills employee, injures 7 following Ukrainian strikes on Russia's Wildberries  The Kyiv Independent

Russia continued to batter Ukraine's capital early Saturday, killing at least 9 and wounding about 30.

Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer which is equivalent to Amazon, has been targeted by a series of drone strikes by Ukraine in recent weeks

As Moscow has increased its long-range strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities, Kiev has pressed its allies for air defence support.

At least three people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured after Russia launched a barrage of ballistic missiles and drones targeting Ukraine's capital Kyiv overnight into Saturday. The attack damaged residential buildings, sparked multiple fires across the city and left people trapped under debris, of

Local authorities did not identify the energy site, but NASA fire monitoring showed several active fires at a major Lukoil-operated oil refinery.

MOSCOW, July 30 - Russia said on Thursday that its forces had carried out big overnight strikes on military factories across Ukraine, including in the capital Kyiv and in the western city of Lviv, and had struck three cargo ships in the Black Sea.

Multiple explosions rocked Kyiv after Russia launched ballistic missiles, hours after Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of a massive overnight assault.

Russia launched ballistic missile attacks on Kyiv and other cities in Ukraine in the early hours Thursday, hours after warning of an attack.

Russia was striking the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv with ballistic missiles in the early hours of Thursday, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a Telegram post, asking people to seek shelter.

Russia striking Kyiv with ballistic missiles, mayor says  Reuters