ISTANBUL

Russia on Friday said its air defenses destroyed 216 Ukrainian drones overnight across several regions and over the Black Sea, while Ukrainian officials reported multiple Russian strikes that killed and injured civilians in Kyiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Kirovohrad.

The Russian Defense Ministry said 66 drones were intercepted over the Krasnodar region, 45 over Saratov, 19 over Crimea, and others over Volgograd, Rostov, Belgorod, Bryansk, Voronezh, Nizhny Novgorod and Orenburg, along with 59 destroyed over the Black Sea.

Ukrainian regional authorities, meanwhile, reported extensive attacks involving missiles, drones, artillery and aviation.

Oleksandr Prokudin, head of the Kherson regional administration, said 36 settlements came under fire, leaving one person dead and three injured.

He said residential areas, critical infrastructure and transport facilities were damaged, including 18 private houses, a shop, an administrative building and a trolleybus.

In the Zaporizhzhia region, regional governor Ivan Fedorov said Russian forces carried out 731 strikes on 20 settlements, killing four people.

He reported five airstrikes, seven MLRS barrages, and more than 400 drone attacks, mostly FPV-type, across towns including Bilenke, Gulyaipole and Mala Tokmachka.

Fedorov said two civilians were also killed in a separate FPV drone strike in Preobrazhenka, marking the second fatal attack in the district that evening.

In Kyiv, State Emergency Service said one person was killed and at least 24 others injured after missile strikes triggered fires and structural damage across several districts.

More than 40 people were rescued from high-rise buildings as fires broke out in Podilskyi, Dnipro, Solomyanskyi and Obolonskyi districts. Damage was also reported to residential blocks, a school area and a sports facility.

In the Kirovohrad region, regional head Andriy Raykovych said 16 settlements in the Novoukrainka district were left without electricity after a nighttime strike damaged a power line. Repair teams were working to restore supply.

Both Russia and Ukraine regularly report drone interceptions and cross-border attacks amid continued fighting along multiple fronts.

Ukrainian authorities say Russian forces have intensified aerial strikes on cities and infrastructure in recent weeks, while Moscow accuses Kyiv of increasing drone attacks deeper inside Russian territory.