At least 11 killed in Ukraine as Moscow and Kyiv continue to trade attacks
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- A Russian missile struck the Kyiv region on Friday, killing six and wounding "dozens," with Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko calling residents into shelters as air defenses activated.
- Two Russian aviation bombs hit Sloviansk, killing five and injuring nine; governor Vadym Filashkin urged front-line evacuation after a second consecutive day of casualties.
- A Russian drone attack on Mykolaiv port infrastructure damaged two civilian vessels with no injuries, according to acting governor Heorhii Reshetilov.
- Moscow claimed it seized villages Zakharivka and Ivashchyne in Ukraine's Kharkiv region and said it struck 27 Ukrainian military vessels in the past week.
- A Ukrainian missile struck a factory in Russia's Kirov region, killing six and injuring 26, per regional governor Alexander Sokolov.
- Wildberries founder Tatyana Kim said Ukrainian strikes hit the company's warehouses in Saint Petersburg, Leningrad region, and Crimea's Simferopol — the fourth such targeting since last weekend — with Zelenskyy calling the operation "successful."
- Russia's Defence Ministry reported intercepting 571 Ukrainian drones overnight in one of Kyiv's largest barrages, targeting more than a dozen Russian regions and annexed Crimea.
Why it matters: The escalation now targets commercial infrastructure — Wildberries has been hit four times in one week, suggesting Kyiv is running a deliberate campaign against Russian e-commerce logistics beyond purely military targets. Russia intercepted 571 drones in a single night, showing both sides retain capacity for sustained long-range strikes despite mounting casualties.
