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Cross-Border Drone Strikes Escalate, Killing Civilians as Defenses Report Multiple Shootdowns

Drone alerts in Black Sea cities underscored a rapid tempo, with Ukraine tallying a nationwide overnight barrage.

Overview

  • Bryansk’s governor reported a civilian killed when kamikaze drones struck a moving car in the village of Azarovka.
  • Belgorod authorities said injuries from a city strike rose to five after an earlier report of two deaths, and a woman in Grafovka was hospitalized after a drone detonation.
  • Sevastopol’s governor said air defenses downed nine Ukrainian UAVs over the city with no casualties, noting debris damage including broken windows in a private home.
  • Ukraine’s military reported Russia launched 112 drones and an Iskander missile overnight, claiming 91 drones were downed and citing fatalities and damage in Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Sumy and Kyiv regions.
  • Black Sea cities Gelendzhik and Novorossiysk activated drone-danger sirens, with one alert briefly lifted before new warnings, while Russia’s Defense Ministry highlighted medical evacuations of wounded troops under fire near the front.