(Kyiv) Ukraine and Russia attacked each other with drones and missiles overnight from Thursday to Friday, wounding several people in Ukraine and damaging a fuel storage site in a Russian border region.
Both countries have stepped up cross-border air attacks in recent months, with Kyiv targeting Russian refineries and fuel depots and Moscow targeting Ukrainian power plants and gas storage facilities.
On the Russian side, anti-aircraft defenses shot down 87 Ukrainian drones during the night, 70 of which targeted the southern region of Rostov, which notably houses the headquarters of the Russian operation in Ukraine.
According to the governor of the region Vassili Goloubev, the attack did not cause any casualties, but caused power cuts in several localities.
In the Voronezh region, bordering Ukraine, “an oil depot was slightly damaged” by falling debris from downed drones, Governor Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.
The Ukrainian Air Force announced that it had destroyed 14 Russian missiles and 17 drones overnight.
A new wave of strikes was also underway in the morning, with Kinjal missiles flying over the Kyiv region and heading towards the Khmelnytsky region, further west, according to the same source.
The Khmelnytsky region has a military airfield that has been repeatedly targeted by Russia.
In Solyodve, near the front line in the eastern region of Donetsk, “six people were injured” and around ten buildings damaged during a Russian bombardment, said Governor Vadym Filashkin.
Three people were also injured in a drone attack in the Sumy region (North-East) and several buildings were hit by a fire in the neighboring Kharkiv region, the target of a Russian ground offensive since May 10.