At least six people were killed overnight in Russian strikes on Ukraine’s Kharkiv and Sumy regions, local Ukrainian authorities said. Three people died in the city of Balakliya in Kharkiv, while three others were killed in the Sumy region.
The attacks also wounded people in Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson, according to Ukrainian officials. Separately, Ukraine said a Russian attack damaged a wheat-loaded foreign-flagged ship in the Black Sea and killed one crew member.
At a glance:
- Three people — two women and a man — were killed in strikes on homes in Balakliya, Kharkiv region.
- Three more people were killed and at least 19 wounded in the Sumy region; 12 of those wounded were in the city of Sumy.
- Russia’s Defence Ministry said its air defences intercepted and destroyed 605 Ukrainian drones over Russia and the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
- A Guinea-Bissau-flagged vessel carrying wheat was damaged near Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, with one crew member killed, Ukrainian officials said.
Deaths and injuries reported across Ukraine
Vitalii Karabanov, head of the military administration in frontline Balakliya, said Russian strikes on homes killed three people. Rescuers were working to extinguish fires and remove debris on Thursday.
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In Sumy, three people were killed and at least 19 wounded in overnight attacks, regional officials said. Ukrainian police said 12 people were injured in the city by guided aerial bombs. Two people were also wounded in a Russian attack in Dnipropetrovsk, while a drone strike on a van wounded six in Kherson.
Ship damaged in Black Sea attack
Oleh Kiper, the governor of the Odesa region, said a Russian attack damaged a foreign-flagged ship carrying wheat, killed a crew member and started a fire. Ukraine’s seaport administration identified the vessel as the Mera Queen, which sails under the flag of Guinea-Bissau.
Ukrainian officials said the ship was hit late on Wednesday. The report comes amid what Ukrainian authorities describe as more than a month of near-daily Russian attacks on Black Sea ports and trade routes.
More context: Ukraine’s Elite Drone Force Targets Russian Infrastructure in Crimea and Beyond.
Moscow reports large drone interception
Russia’s Ministry of Defence said its forces intercepted and destroyed 605 Ukrainian aerial drones overnight over Russian territory and the annexed Crimean Peninsula.
Local authorities said a logistics centre belonging to Russian e-commerce company Wildberries was slightly damaged. Ukrainian officials allege the retailer supports Russia’s war effort by supplying dual-use items, while the company’s warehouses have been targeted at least 20 times since July 18, according to the report.
What remains unclear
The casualty figures and damage reports were issued by Ukrainian and Russian authorities separately. The supplied account does not provide an independent assessment of the claims or detail the specific locations of all the reported drone interceptions.
Also read: 17 killed as Russian missiles and drones strike Kyiv region.
The reported attacks form part of a wider exchange of overnight strikes, but the source does not state whether the incidents were connected or identify the weapons used in every location.
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