Russian drone attacks killed three people in Ukraine, while Ukrainian strikes left one person dead near Moscow and hit oil-related targets, officials on both sides said on Sunday.
Russia launched 268 drones and one ballistic missile overnight, according to Ukraine’s air force, with the southern Odessa region among the hardest hit. Two people were killed there, including a truck driver at a port, while residential buildings and port infrastructure were damaged. One person was also killed in the frontline Kherson region.
Ukraine said it had launched at least 334 drones towards Russia, with the Leningrad region among the targets. Russian sources said all or nearly all of the drones were intercepted. Kyiv said repeated strikes on oil export facilities have disrupted shipments worth billions of dollars, as energy revenues remain crucial for Moscow’s war effort.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said two vessels from Russia’s ‘shadow fleet’ were hit near the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, though the extent of the damage was unclear. Russian authorities reported falling debris from a Ukrainian drone also killed a 77-year-old man in the Moscow region, authorities said.
The escalation comes as peace talks remain stalled, with both sides continuing near-daily drone attacks. At the same time, the European Council approved a €90 billion loan to Ukraine to further fund the more than four-year war.
