Escalating Violence: Russian Attacks Claim Six Lives in Ukraine Amid Kyiv's Drone Counterstrikes

At least six people have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine in the past 24 hours, with two people killed and infrastructure damaged in the Kherson area, and two more deaths reported in the Donetsk and Kharkiv regions. Meanwhile, Ukraine launched 27 drones in an overnight attack on western Russia, with 18 drones shot down over the Kursk region and two more shot down over the Belgorod region. Russian media speculated that the attack targeted a military airfield, while Ukrainian media reported a successful strike on a Russian electrical substation near the Ukrainian border. Moscow also intercepted a Global Hawk drone near Russia's Black Sea border.