Russia, Ukraine exchange overnight strikes, killing 6, injuring 22

Russia and Ukraine accused each other Monday of launching overnight attacks that killed at least six people and injured 22 others.

In Russia, three people were killed and five others were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow region, Governor Andrey Vorobyov said on the Russian social media platform Max.

More than 350 Ukrainian drones targeted the Moscow region overnight, with most intercepted before reaching the capital, Moscow Mayor Sergey Sobyanin said on Telegram.

One person was killed and two others were injured in Ukrainian attacks on Russia’s Belgorod region, the regional operational headquarters said on Telegram.

In the village of Vyazniki in the Stavropol region, a drone struck an industrial zone, sparking a fire, Governor Vladimir Vladimirov said on Telegram.

Telegram channels earlier reported that a fire broke out at an oil depot near the railway line in Vyazniki.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Telegram that its forces intercepted and destroyed 342 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory, annexed Crimea, and the Azov and Black seas.

The ministry also said Russian forces carried out strikes, damaging port infrastructure in Chornomorsk, Odesa region.

In Ukraine, four people were injured when a Russian strike hit parked buses in the Odesa region, according to local authorities.

Russian attacks killed two people and injured 11 others and damaged residential buildings in the Zaporizhzhia region, Governor Ivan Fedorov said on Telegram.

Ukraine’s General Staff said on Telegram its air defense systems shot down 123 Russian drones in the north, south, and east of the country.

“Today, the Russians once again ‘vanquished’ purely civilian sites – ordinary passenger buses in Odesa, ordinary apartment buildings in Zaporizhzhia, and an ordinary hospital in the Kharkiv region,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said through US social media company X.

Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine “needs more air defense, more protection,” adding that Russian authorities are “ completely irrational” in refusing to end the war.

The claims by both sides could not be independently verified because of the ongoing war.