7 killed in Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia, 5 killed in Russian attack on cargo vessel

Russian regional authorities said seven people were killed and dozens injured as a result of Ukrainian drone attacks on Monday, reported Xinhua.

The highest number of affected civilians was reported in the Belgorod region, where five people were killed and 27 injured after a Ukrainian drone hit a bus, said regional acting governor Alexander Shuvaev.

Acting governor of the Bryansk region Yegor Kovalchuk said an on-duty firefighter was killed in a drone attack and 13 people sustained injuries.

As a result of a drone hitting a store, a 20-year-old resident of Murmansk was killed in the Kursk region, said regional governor Alexander Khinshtein. He added that 7 other people have sustained injuries.

In the Moscow region, which was targeted by a massive overnight drone attack, 10 people, including one child, were injured, said regional governor Andrei Vorobyov.

The Russian Defense Ministry said that from Sunday evening to Monday morning, air defense forces shot down 381 Ukrainian drones over multiple regions.

Drone attacks between Russia and Ukraine have been intensifying in the past months.

Meanwhile, Russian missiles attacked on Sunday a Turkish-owned civilian cargo vessel sailing under the Guinea-Bissau flag, killing at least five people, according to the Ukrainian Naval Forces.

According to a statement by the naval forces, three Kh-59/Kh-69 cruise missiles struck the Golden Leo dry cargo ship, when it was heading out of the combat zone carrying a cargo of grain.

The strike triggered a fire on board. Eight crew members were evacuated to a hospital in Ukraine's Black Sea port city of Odesa, the statement said.

Five additional crew members remained missing, and rescue operations were ongoing.