Russian missile and drone strikes injure at least 18 across Ukraine
According to Ukraine's air force, 60 Russian drones and one missile were intercepted overnight Sunday, but 16 drones and six missiles struck targets across eight locations.
In Mykolaiv, the State Emergency Services reported at least seven injured following Russian missile strikes on residential areas. Authorities in Kharkiv region said 11 people were wounded in strikes on Ukraine's second-largest city.
The overnight Russian attacks followed Saturday strikes that killed at least seven people and injured over 20 in Donetsk and Kherson oblasts. Earlier in the week, a Thursday missile attack killed 31 people including five children in Kyiv, injuring 150 others.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces conducted drone strikes across the border in Russia, hitting an oil depot near Sochi where debris from a downed drone ignited a fuel tank. Sochi Mayor Andrei Proshunin reported no casualties as more than 120 firefighters battled the blaze that temporarily closed the city's airport.
Videos shared on Telegram showed massive smoke pillars rising from the burning depot, while debris also struck a nearby garage.
Russian officials reported three people killed by Ukrainian drone attacks overnight into Saturday. Russia's Defence Ministry claimed its air defences shot down 93 Ukrainian drones over Russia and the Black Sea. These claims could not be independently verified.
Ukrainian authorities said the attacks targeted Russian energy and defence sector sites.
Russia's escalating attacks mark the deadliest week in Ukraine in recent months, with fighting intensifying amid stalled peace talks and a breakdown between US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin.
Last week, Trump shortened the deadline he gave Putin to 8 August for peace efforts to make progress.
On Thursday, Trump said that special envoy Steve Witkoff will be heading to Russia to push Moscow to agree to a ceasefire in its all-out war in Ukraine and has threatened new economic sanctions if progress is not made. But the date and other details of the trip have not been announced yet.
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