Russia's overnight strikes torch warehouses across Ukraine, seven injured — SkimNews
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- Russia launched overnight drone strikes on businesses and storage facilities across Ukraine, injuring seven people in Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia and Odesa regions.
- Kyiv officials reported three injuries, with a warehouse in the Holosiivskyi district catching fire and a fuel station and office building damaged; drone debris fell in residential areas of Solomianskyi and Darnytskyi districts.
- Zaporizhzhia saw two men aged 37 and 39 injured in a strike that ignited a shopping centre fire spanning about 6,000 square metres before being brought under control.
- Ukraine's Emergency Service said two people were injured in a Zhytomyr attack on a business, while in Odesa, repeated air raid alerts and the structure of warehouse buildings complicated firefighting.
- Russia's Defence Ministry claimed "group strikes" targeted military-industrial and energy facilities, logistics centres and maritime vessels, including a bulk carrier allegedly transporting military supplies to the port of Odesa.
- Emergency crews had to periodically halt operations and take shelter as continuing air raid threats forced pauses in firefighting across multiple regions.
Why it matters: The strikes show Russia's continued targeting of Ukrainian economic and military infrastructure far beyond the frontlines, wounding seven civilians in a single overnight wave across four regions. Firefighters had to periodically pause under repeated air raid threats, while Moscow's claimed hit on a bulk carrier highlights the expansion of strikes into Odesa's maritime supply lines.
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