Russia and Ukraine exchanged overnight strikes that killed at least seven civilians and injured dozens in multiple regions, according to local authorities.

Large‑scale Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian cities, which have become frequent due to Ukraine’s limited Patriot air‑defense capability, targeted a high‑rise apartment building in Kharkiv’s Saltivskyi district, killing two and injuring 13, regional officials said.

In Russia’s Belgorod region, Ukrainian drones struck residential areas, killing five people and injuring 24, including a four‑year‑old boy, the regional administration reported.

Additional injuries were reported in Odesa, where local officials said dozens of missiles and drones struck the city and surrounding area, resulting in eight injuries.

Russia’s defense ministry claimed to have shot down 153 Ukrainian drones during the night, including over Crimea and the Black Sea, and said its missiles hit drone warehouses, fuel depots and other materiel in the Kharkiv region.

Ukrainian attacks also damaged 29 apartment blocks and five private houses, as well as administrative buildings, in Belgorod, and caused debris to fall on enterprises and a private home in Novorossiysk, injuring one person and breaking windows in an apartment block.

An explosion believed to be caused by a combat drone was reported in the Moldovan village of Crocmaz, near the Ukrainian border; no casualties were reported, but the impact started a vegetation fire, police said.

Bulgaria summoned Ukraine’s ambassador after a drone entered its airspace, exploded near an international gas pipeline, and caused no casualties; officials said the drone appeared to be Ukrainian but the incident was likely accidental.

Kyiv has continued long‑range drone operations against Russian energy infrastructure and the online retailer Wildberries, contributing to a fuel shortage, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has repeatedly urged the United States and other allies to provide more Patriot systems or enable the use of Starlink for guiding strikes inside Russia.

Both sides have accused the other of targeting civilian infrastructure, and the lack of sufficient air‑defense assets remains a central concern for Ukrainian officials.