UkrainePublished: 9 August 2026 at 17:20

Russia and Ukraine trade deadly overnight strikes

Overnight attacks killed civilians in Russia's Belgorod region and in Ukraine's Kharkiv and Odesa, with dozens more wounded.

Russia and Ukraine carried out another exchange of overnight strikes, leaving civilians dead and dozens injured on both sides of the border.

In Russia's Belgorod region, Ukrainian drone attacks killed five people and wounded around two dozen others.

Kharkiv and Odesa hit

In Ukraine, Russian missiles struck a high-rise residential building in Kharkiv, killing two people. Several more people were injured in the Black Sea port city of Odesa.

The latest strikes underline the continuing toll on residential areas and border communities on both sides as the war drags on.

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