Russia launched a fresh wave of ballistic missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight, targeting energy infrastructure in the northeastern Poltava and Kharkiv regions, according to Ukrainian state energy company Naftogaz.
Naftogaz said its production facilities sustained damage in the attacks, though it did not immediately provide details about the extent of the destruction or whether energy supplies had been disrupted. The strikes are part of Russia’s continued campaign against Ukraine’s energy sector, which has repeatedly come under attack since the conflict began.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine carried out a retaliatory strike deep inside Russian territory using domestically developed Flamingo missiles. In a post on Telegram, he said the missiles hit the Titan-Barrikady plant in Russia’s Volgograd region, a facility involved in manufacturing artillery systems and missile launcher components. Zelenskyy claimed the strike triggered a fire at the site.
The latest exchange follows another deadly day of cross-border attacks on Friday. In Ukraine’s southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, a Russian drone struck a passenger minibus in Nikopol, killing two people and injuring 12 others, including two children, according to regional officials.
In the northeastern Sumy region, authorities said a drone strike on a village near the regional capital killed one civilian. Elsewhere, officials in the Zaporizhzhia region reported that two people were injured during a series of Russian attacks that also damaged residential buildings.
The continued exchange of long-range strikes highlights the ongoing intensity of the conflict. Russia has maintained pressure on Ukraine’s critical infrastructure, particularly energy facilities, while Ukraine has increasingly demonstrated its ability to launch long-range attacks on military and industrial targets inside Russia using domestically produced weapons.
Despite international diplomatic efforts, hostilities remain intense, with both sides continuing military operations across multiple regions.