Ukraine hits multiple Russian regions, killing 8
Some of the strikes hit targets hundreds of kilometres from the front line as Moscow and Kyiv have stepped up attacks on each other in recent months.
On Sunday, Ukraine launched strikes against multiple regions within Russia, resulting in the deaths of at least eight individuals, according to Russian authorities. The attacks were not confined to areas near the front line, with some occurring hundreds of kilometers away, as reported by regional officials. The ongoing conflict between Ukraine and Russia has escalated in recent months, with both nations increasing their attacks on one another. Despite this, US-led negotiations to end the conflict have remained largely stalled.
Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, maintains that its strikes are deliberate retaliations for Russian bombardments of Ukrainian territory and are intended to pressure Moscow into negotiations. However, Ukrainian shelling of Russia's Belgorod region, which borders Ukraine, resulted in the deaths of three people. A separate drone attack on the Saratov region, situated near Kazakhstan, claimed the lives of two additional individuals.
Olga Abramova, the acting governor of Saratov, expressed her dismay over the attack, emphasizing that the victims were not military targets.
Russian air defense systems successfully intercepted a total of 635 Ukrainian drones during the night preceding the attacks, according to the Russian defense ministry.
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