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Ukraine’s Mass Drone Strikes Reach Moscow as Russia Hits Back and Regional Risks Grow

Kyiv is pivoting to longer‑range, high‑volume warfare powered by new domestic weapons.

Overview

  • Ukraine launched about 600 drones across Russia on Sunday in what Moscow said killed four people, and President Volodymyr Zelensky called the strikes justified and proof of growing reach.
  • Russian missiles and drones then hit central and southern Ukraine, with regional officials reporting at least 12 people wounded overnight and later fatalities in the Dnipropetrovsk and Kherson regions.
  • Lithuania said a likely Ukrainian drone crashed near Utena without exploding or injuries, reflecting cross‑border spillover that Baltic states have confronted several times this spring.
  • A Russian Shahed struck a Chinese‑owned cargo ship near Odesa, Ukrainian naval officials said, causing minor damage, and a second vessel was also hit with no casualties reported.
  • Ukraine unveiled its first homebuilt glide bomb after 17 months of development, a 250‑kilogram, satellite‑guided weapon designed to hit targets from tens of kilometers away at lower cost.