Ukrainian drone attacks kill 5, Russia strikes Ukrainian military airfield

Ukraine conducted multiple drone attacks on Russia overnight on Sunday, killing at least five people and injuring dozens, said regional officials and the Russian Defence Ministry, reported Xinhua.

Four people were killed and 28 others wounded in a drone strike on the Kerch Peninsula in Crimea, according to the Crimean governor. A Russian Health Ministry aide said 14 of the injured remained in hospital, including two children in critical condition.

Elsewhere, in Russia's Krasnodar Krai to the east of Crimea, authorities said Ukrainian drones struck a Russian ferry at the Kerch ferry crossing area in the Temryuk district, killing one person and injuring another.

Additionally, an oil terminal in the Temryuk district was under a Ukrainian drone attack.

"A drone attack caused a fire at an oil terminal in the village of Chushka. Fire and rescue units have arrived," the local task force said, adding that drone debris fell on private homes in two other municipalities in the region, with no recorded injuries.

In the southwestern Crimean city of Sevastopol, authorities said a Ukrainian drone carrying explosives fell on the roof of an apartment building in the city center after being jammed by electronic warfare systems. The building was evacuated as a precaution, and bomb disposal experts removed explosives from the wreckage. No injuries were reported.

According to the Russian Defense Ministry, its air defense systems shot down 239 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Meanwhile, Russian Armed Forces have struck a military airfield, oil refining facilities, as well as fuel, energy, and transport infrastructure in Ukraine over the past 24 hours, the Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

Russia's operational-tactical aviation, strike drones, missile and artillery units hit Ukraine's military-related infrastructure along the front-line combat zones, including workshops for long-range drone manufacturing, assembly and storage facilities; energy and transport infrastructure; military fuel depots; logistics hubs; and temporary deployment sites of Ukrainian armed formations and foreign mercenaries in 147 areas, the ministry said in a press release.

Russian air defense systems shot down eight guided aerial bombs and 483 fixed-wing drones operated by Ukrainian forces over the past 24 hours across combat zones, said the ministry.

Russian Black Sea Fleet destroyed four unmanned boats belonging to Ukrainian forces in the southwestern Black Sea, the ministry added.