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According to Ukrainian reports, two people were injured in a Russian air strike on the port of Izmail. According to Russian authorities, several towns in the Kursk region are without electricity. The developments in the live blog.
According to British assessments, Russia’s Black Sea Fleet remains operational despite the recent attacks. Ukraine had attacked the fleet several times in recent weeks, including its headquarters in the port city of Sevastopol on the Crimean peninsula, which was annexed by Moscow.
“These attacks caused more damage and were more coordinated than previously in the war,” wrote the British Ministry of Defense in its daily update on the short message service X. The physical damage was almost certainly extensive, but localized.
There was a power outage in seven towns in Russia’s Kursk region following a Ukrainian drone attack. This was announced by the region’s governor, Roman Starowoit, on Telegram. A substation was damaged in the attack, he said. There were no injuries.
According to Ukrainian reports, two people were injured in renewed Russian drone attacks in the Odessa region, not far from the border with EU country Romania. “There were impacts on the port infrastructure in Izmail County,” Odessa military governor Oleh Kiper said on Telegram. The injured were truck drivers.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported in the morning that a total of 38 kamikaze drones were launched by Russia towards Ukraine during the night from the Crimean peninsula, which has been occupied since 2014. 26 of them were shot down.
Conflict parties as a source
In the current situation, information on the course of the war, shelling and casualties provided by official bodies of the Russian and Ukrainian parties to the conflict cannot be directly verified by an independent body.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Russian air defenses repelled several Ukrainian drone attacks on targets in the border regions of Belgorod and Kursk. At least eleven drones were destroyed. In a separate message on Telegram, the ministry said seven drones were shot down over Belgorod and four over Kursk. The reports could not be independently verified.
According to Kiev, a Russian ammunition depot detonated in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sorokyne. The death toll has increased after a rocket attack on the city of Beryslaw. Monday’s developments to read.