Ukrainian strikes kill six in Russia, acting governor says
A 14-year-old child was among four others injured, the acting governor of Russia's Belgorod region says.
Ukrainian strikes have claimed six lives and injured 23 individuals, including a child, in Russia, according to local officials. The attacks targeted Belgorod and Astrakhan regions, with eight fatalities in Belgorod and a single death in Astrakhan. Ukraine reported two fatalities in Russian drone strikes on Sumy and Donetsk regions.
The strikes follow Russia's largest-scale attack on Ukraine this year, which killed at least seven people. On the same night as the Ukrainian strikes, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, currently controlling about a fifth of Ukrainian territory. Ukrainian strikes damaged a building and a car in Belgorod's Koloskovo village, with the injured child receiving medical attention.
The injured child was sent to a hospital while two others received medical assistance. In Astrakhan, a woman died after a drone strike hit a home, while a building was burned in the same region. Ukraine confirmed two fatalities in Russian strikes on Kramatorsk and Sloviansk, with 54 trading pavilions ablaze at a market in Sloviansk.
A separate Russian drone attack on Odesa damaged a civilian vessel and injured four people. Moscow has attempted to deter foreign companies from trading with Ukraine by targeting its ports and coastline. Ukraine has intensified drone strikes deep inside Russia, with 822 drones reportedly fired towards Russia on Saturday night, 600 of which targeted Moscow.
During the strikes, five people died in Russia's Rostov region, a woman in a drone attack in Belgorod, and an 83-year-old man in a drone attack in the Moscow region. A Wildberries warehouse was also hit. Since July, Ukraine has targeted the Russian retailer, known as Russia's version of Amazon, with seven out of 10 of its largest logistics centers disabled.
Ukraine's intelligence deputy chief stated that long-range strikes in Russia would continue, accusing Russia of using civilian networks to supply its military. Both countries continue to accuse each other of targeting civilians.
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