Ukraine reports damage to civilian sites
Three civilians were killed and three others injured, including a one-year-old child, in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Tula region, Governor Dmitry Milyaev said.
Russia’s defence ministry said its air defences intercepted and destroyed 123 Ukrainian drones across several regions, including Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk, Rostov, Crimea and the Moscow region.
Moscow also said it carried out a “massive strike” using long-range precision weapons and drones against Ukrainian defence-industrial facilities, military airfields and recruitment centres in Kiev, Kharkiv and Dnipro.
Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia launched more than 70 missiles and 611 drones across the country, including more than 60 missiles targeting Kiev overnight.
Ukrainian authorities reported damage to civilian and cultural sites, including the Kiev Pechersk Lavra monastery complex, the Dovzhenko Film Studio and an automated parcel-sorting terminal operated by delivery company Nova Poshta.
The Russian Defence Ministry, meanwhile, claimed the damage to the Kiev Pechersk Lavra was caused by a Ukrainian Patriot air defence missile, an assertion that could not be independently verified.
The reported casualty figures, number of missiles and drones launched, and extent of the damage on both sides could not be independently confirmed.
