Nine killed in escalating long-range strikes between Russia and Ukraine

What the report says

Al Jazeera reports that long-range missile and drone attacks between Russia and Ukraine killed at least nine people on Tuesday, underscoring the growing civilian toll from strikes far from the front lines. In Russia, local officials said a Ukrainian drone hit a warehouse in the Moscow region, killing five people and injuring 10, while other attacks were reported on warehouses in the Tver region and near St Petersburg, and at an oil refinery in Samara.

In Ukraine, officials said Russian strikes killed at least three people, including two children, in the northern city of Sumy, and another elderly woman died in an overnight attack on Mykolaiv near the Black Sea. Russia’s state media also said Russian forces struck cargo vessels in the port city of Mykolaiv, though the wider impact was not fully detailed in the article.

The report says the exchanges come amid a sustained pattern of drone and missile operations aimed beyond the battlefield, with civilian sites increasingly affected. It also notes previous deadly incidents in both countries, including a weekend beach strike in Russia’s Krasnodar region and attacks in the Black Sea area.

The article adds context that Kyiv has accused Russian-linked commercial infrastructure of supporting the war effort, while both sides continue to accuse each other of targeting civilians. Türkiye, concerned about risks to civilian shipping in the Black Sea, urged Russia and Ukraine to protect safe passage in the area.