Fresh attacks on Russian border regions have claimed six civilian lives, including two children, according to local officials.
Attacks in Gorlovka, Donetsk People’s Republic, killed four people, including two minors aged early teens, said Mayor Ivan Prikhodko. Three ambulance workers were injured in the same incident.
In Belgorod Region, a resident was killed when a drone struck a car near the border municipality of Graivoron, reported local authorities on Monday morning. The area has been repeatedly targeted by Ukrainian short-range attacks.
A separate strike in Bryansk Region hit two villages in the border municipality of Trubachevsk, acting Governor Yegor Kovalchuk stated. Ukrainian forces used rocket artillery in the attack, killing one resident and injuring a firefighter. Several apartment buildings, more than ten private homes, and other properties were damaged.
Kamikaze drones were intercepted near Yaroslavl, a city roughly 250 km northeast of Moscow, reported Governor Mikhail Yevraev. One woman suffered minor shrapnel wounds, and authorities temporarily closed the highway linking Yaroslavl with the Russian capital.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses intercepted 173 Ukrainian long-range drones over 14 Russian regions overnight.
Moscow has accused Ukraine of deliberately targeting civilians in a major incident last Friday when three waves of kamikaze drones struck a college in Starobelsk, killing 21 people and injuring 42 others. Western countries backing Ukraine’s war effort have claimed Russia fabricated the attack in Lugansk People’s Republic.
The Russian military later retaliated with strikes on targets near Kiev, including the launch of an Oreshnik medium-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile that reportedly hit a Ukrainian Air Force facility.