Russian strikes kill six in Ukraine's Balakliia, Sumy, officials say
Authorities said the overnight attacks also wounded dozens, sparked fires and damaged homes, businesses and infrastructure.
- On Thursday, Russian strikes on homes in Balakliya, Kharkiv, killed three people, as rescuers worked to clear debris and douse fires at the destruction sites.
- Overnight attacks across eastern Ukraine killed at least six people, with strikes wounding 19 in Sumy, six in Kherson, and two in Dnipropetrovsk.
- The Guinea-Bissau-flagged vessel Mera Queen was hit late Wednesday in the Black Sea, killing one crew member and causing fires as Russia intensifies attacks on trade routes.
- A Wildberries logistics centre was slightly damaged by drones, marking the 20th attack on the retailer's warehouses since July 18, amid Kyiv's allegations the company supports Moscow's war effort.
- Moscow's Ministry of Defence claimed its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 605 Ukrainian aerial drones over its territory and the Crimean Peninsula overnight.
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At least six people have been killed in renewed Russian attacks on Ukraine.
Six killed, dozens injured in Russian strikes across Ukraine
Kyiv, Aug. 6 (SANA) At least six people were killed and dozens injured on Thursday in Russian drone attacks targeting several regions of Ukraine, Ukrainian authorities said, as the war continued to take a heavy toll on civilians. Three people were killed and homes and other property were damaged in a Russian drone strike on the city of Balakliia in the northeastern Kharkiv region, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said, according to the Ukrainia…
In the Sumy region and the eastern Ukrainian city of Balaklija, three people are killed in Russian attacks.
In Ukraine, three people died in the night, killed by Russian bombings in the Kharkiv region of north-east Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky deplores a lack of ballistic missile interceptors. On the Russian side, 605 Ukrainian drones were shot dead in the night over twenty regions. - War in Ukraine: three dead in Russian bombings in the north-east (International).
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