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Ukrainian drones hit residential buildings near Moscow and the Black Sea port of Sochi, with Russian officials reporting fires and evacuations but no casualties. Air defenses claimed to have shot down at least 94 drones overnight. These strikes occurred as Russia continued an eight-day drone campaign against Kyiv, disrupting daily life and services in the Ukrainian capital.
Russian airstrikes killed two people at Ukraine’s largest steel plant in Kryvyi Rih and damaged infrastructure in Kyiv, while Ukrainian drones killed one person in the Moscow region and set fire to a Wildberries warehouse. Romania shot down a drone breaching its airspace, which NATO described as likely Russian.
A Russian strike hit a Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo ship near Odesa, killing at least 10 people, while Ukraine launched hundreds of drones at Moscow overnight, wounding about 10 and sparking fires as Russia reported hits on fuel depots in Odesa; the conflict continues with ongoing shelling in the region and renewed maritime targets in the Black Sea and Sea of Azov.
Ukraine says it targeted Moscow-area logistics facilities, including Wildberries warehouses, with drone strikes, as it also hit an oil depot and four Black Sea vessels. Russia continued missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, with casualties reported in Odesa and other areas, amid reports of a possible shake-up in Ukraine’s military leadership.
Overnight Ukrainian drone strikes hit Belgorod, Bryansk, Kursk and the Moscow region, killing at least four people (including a firefighter) and injuring around 30 as homes and infrastructure were damaged. Moscow reported hundreds of drones launched with most intercepted, and Russia said 381 drones were intercepted across the country and Crimea.
Overnight, Ukrainian drone strikes hit multiple Russian regions, killing at least three people, including a six-month-old infant in the Moscow region; a drone-caused fire in Yegoryevsk led to casualties, an elderly woman died in Tver after debris hit her home, and a man died in Belgorod. Moscow authorities reported downing dozens of drones, while Russia's Defense Ministry said it intercepted 419 drones across Russia and Crimea.
Ukraine’s General Staff says it struck the Dubna space communications center in Russia’s Moscow region, with smoke observed and damage under assessment, as part of June 21–22 operations deep inside Russian territory. A separate strike targeted the Port Kavkaz infrastructure in Krasnodar, and two automobile ferries were damaged, according to Kyiv, with officials continuing to verify losses and operational impact.
A driver was killed when a car exploded in Balashikha, a Moscow region city, near where a senior military official was killed in a similar attack last year; investigators say the case is being probed by the Investigative Committee, with no suspects or motives disclosed.
Ukraine says it deployed jet-powered and winged drones—RS-1 Bars, Firepoint FP-1, and Bars-SM Gladiator—to strike Moscow region targets over the weekend, hitting the Angstrom microelectronics plant in Zelenograd and the Solnechnogorskaya pumping station to disrupt Russia’s war effort; Russia reports casualties and says some hits were from drone debris, while Western reporters describe the operation as among the largest into Russia, with additional Ukrainian strikes across Donetsk, Kherson and Kharkiv regions and related NATO-border drone incidents.
Ukraine’s large-scale drone attack on Russian territory overnight killed at least four people and damaged infrastructure, with the Moscow region among the worst-hit as air defenses downed hundreds of drones. The strikes, framed by Kyiv as retaliation for recent Russian attacks on Ukraine, come amid ongoing fighting and stalled diplomacy.
Ukraine carried out a large-scale drone attack on Russia’s Moscow region, killing three people and injuring several as air defences intercepted hundreds of drones (the Russian side said 556 were shot down). The strikes damaged homes, including a private house, and hit the entrance to a Moscow oil refinery; Sheremetyevo airport reported drone debris but no injuries. Kyiv has pledged retaliation for attacks in Ukraine.
A deputy mayor and two plant executives have been detained over a major power outage in the Moscow region, with at least 21,000 people affected by the outage. The deputy mayor is accused of issuing a certificate of readiness for a boiler house at the Klimovsk Specialized Ammunition Plant, which subsequently broke down, while the plant's general director and the head of the boiler house were detained for violating safety standards. President Putin has taken control of the investigation, and residents are demanding the restoration of heating in their homes.
As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, the Moscow region is facing a heating crisis, leaving thousands without heat for days or even weeks due to a broken boiler at an ammunition factory supplying the Russian army. This has led to protests and desperate situations, with some Russians taking to the streets to appeal to Putin for help. Meanwhile, Russia's attacks on Ukraine's critical energy and military infrastructure have renewed, but at home, the cold weather has caused heating issues, leading to a taste of their own frosty medicine.
Two drones were shot down in the Moscow region, with one crashing into an oil depot in Russia's Oryol region, damaging a fuel tank. No injuries were reported in any of the incidents, and the fires were extinguished. Additionally, six drones were shot down in annexed Crimea, and another drone attack was suppressed in Russia's Tula region.
A large fire that broke out at a fertilizer warehouse in Ramenskoye, Moscow region, has been extinguished after reaching a size of 2,700 square meters. Videos showed thick black smoke and flames from the fire, which was caused by a violation of fire safety requirements during welding work. All employees had safely evacuated the premises.