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Ukraine and Russia exchange heavy drone and missile strikes
Escalating aerial warfare between Russia and Ukraine has resulted in significant casualties and infrastructure damage. In Ukraine, Russian missile and drone strikes targeted Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Odesa. Reports from Kyiv indicate at least three people, including a child, were killed. In Kharkiv, a missile strike destroyed three floors of a residential building, leaving at least two dead and 12 injured. Odesa also faced missile attacks that damaged residential buildings and injured at least six people. Additionally, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant experienced two power outages.
On the Russian side, Ukrainian drone strikes hit the Belgorod region, causing fires in residential blocks and injuring at least 13 people, with some reports citing a higher death toll of five civilians and 25 injuries. The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed to have intercepted over 150 Ukrainian drones across European Russia, Crimea, and the Black Sea.
In a separate domestic development, Russian authorities arrested the executives of Drone Solutions, Irakli Khazaliya and Vyacheslav Barbarov, on charges of large-scale fraud involving state funds.
Entities
Bashneft‑Novoil refinery · Belgorod · Brovary · Brovary District · Drone Solutions · Kyiv · Lozova railway station · Lozova train station · Mikhail Evraev · Odesa · Patriot air‑defence system · Russia
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What the coverage asserts, and how many sources carry each claim.
- [● 3 SOURCES] Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries in retaliation.
- [● 10 SOURCES] Eight people were killed in a Russian attack on a railway station in the Browary district east of Kyiv on 5 August 2026.
- [● 3 SOURCES] At least eleven people were injured in the same attack, including railway workers.
- [● 16 SOURCES] Russian forces attacked a railway station in Lozova, Kharkiv region, killing two civilians. diariosanrafael.com.ar · www.haber.ba · www.memesita.com
- [● 3 SOURCES] Ukrainian officials say the recent railway attacks caused civilian casualties.
- [● 3 SOURCES] Russia says it only targets military‑relevant sites.
- [● 13 SOURCES] Governor Mikhail Evraev reported that 93 Ukrainian drones were intercepted over the Yaroslavl region, the largest drone attack recorded there. diariosanrafael.com.ar · www.haber.ba · www.memesita.com
- [● 6 SOURCES] Ukrainian forces struck vessels belonging to Russia’s shadow fleet used to evade oil sanctions.
- [● 2 SOURCES] Russian drone and glide‑bomb attacks killed at least three civilians and wounded 22 in Ukraine.
- [● 19 SOURCES] Ukraine struck the Bashneft‑Novoil refinery in Bashkortostan, about 1,300 km from the Ukrainian border. diariosanrafael.com.ar · www.haber.ba · www.memesita.com
- [● 12 SOURCES] Four people were injured when debris hit storage tanks at the Yaroslavl refinery. diariosanrafael.com.ar · www.haber.ba · www.memesita.com
- [● 10 SOURCES] Russian defence authorities reported shooting down 605 Ukrainian drones overnight. www.haber.ba · www.memesita.com