Russian and Ukrainian drone strikes kill at least 5 in each country
Ukrainian drone attacks in the region around Moscow killed five people, local officials said Tuesday (August 4, 2026), while authorities in Ukraine said Russian aerial
Ukrainian drone attacks in the region around Moscow killed five people, local officials said Tuesday (August 4, 2026), while authorities in Ukraine said Russian aerial strikes there also caused at least five civilian deaths. Since Russia's invasion more than four years ago, Ukraine has developed long-range drones that can hit targets deep inside Russia. In the past year, they have battered oil facilities, major storage depots and other key infrastructure. More than 16,000 civilians have been killed in Ukraine since the start of Russia's full-scale invasion, according to the United Nations, with the vast majority of them occurring in areas under the Ukrainian government's control. Casualties have risen steadily each year. Meanwhile, escalating attacks by both sides on shipping in the Black Sea has reawakened fears that global food security could be put at risk. Russia says a Ukrainian drone killed 7 on Black Sea coast The death toll from a drone strike Monday (August 3) in the Russian Black Sea resort of Arkhipo-Osipovka rose to seven, including four children, regional authorities said. On Tuesday (August 4) morning, Krasnodar regional authorities updated the number of wounded to 58, with 21 of them hospitalised. Footage circulating online showed a drone slamming into a crowded beach, with what sounded like rapid gunfire ringing in the background. Ukraine has not commented on the strike.
Ukrainian drones attack near Moscow and St Petersburg A Ukrainian drone attack in the Moscow region, which surrounds but doesn't include the Russian capital, killed five people and wounded 10 others wounded on Tuesday morning, the region's Governor Andrei Vorobyov said. Most damage from the attack occurred in the Chekhov municipal district, where several fires erupted at the Novoselki industrial zone, Mr. Vorobyov said. In the latest in a string of attacks attack on Russia's biggest online retailer, Wildberries said Tuesday that its warehouse in the Leningrad region, which lies adjacent to St Petersburg, was on fire. In the Tver region, located between Moscow and St Petersburg, drone debris inflicted “partial” damage on a wall of a Wildberries warehouse in the village of Emmaus, the region's governor Vitaly Korolyov said. Ukrainian drones have over the past 18 days targeted 15 Wildberries warehouses, 13 of which have caught fire, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces commander Robert Brovdi said. Ukrainian officials say the company provides goods that can be used by the Russian military. Kyiv is also keen to unsettle the Russian public with high-profile attacks. Overall, the Russian Defense Ministry reported Tuesday morning that its air defences shot down 320 Ukrainian drones overnight. Russia hits Ukrainian ports and shipping The Russian Defence Ministry said in a statement Tuesday that its forces the previous night “continued to strike Ukrainian ports, vessels, and port infrastructure” used by Kyiv's army.
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