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Alsharq Tribune-Ahmed Essam
Ukrainian authorities said Tuesday that Russian strikes wounded civilians in the Sumy and Zaporizhzhia regions, while Moscow said its forces destroyed Ukrainian combat groups and drone command centers in the latest wave of cross-border attacks.
Ukraine's state news agency Ukrinform said Russian forces dropped guided bombs on the northeastern Sumy region, wounding several people and damaging civilian infrastructure.
In the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, authorities said 14 people were injured after Russian forces carried out 1,107 attacks.
Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces destroyed several Ukrainian combat groups in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions and struck five Ukrainian drone command centers in response to what it described as a Ukrainian attack in the Sumy region.
Separately, Rodion Miroshnik, Russia's ambassador-at-large, said Ukrainian attacks on Russian territory over the past week had killed 57 people and wounded 435 others.
Both sides said they had intercepted large numbers of drones overnight.
Russia's air defense units said they downed 356 Ukrainian drones, while Ukraine's air force said it intercepted 107 of 131 drones launched by Russia.
Russia and Ukraine have intensified long-range drone and missile attacks in recent months, frequently targeting energy infrastructure, military facilities and other strategic sites.
Claims by either side about battlefield developments and casualty figures could not be independently verified.
