Kiev has ramped up drone strikes on civilian targets amid setbacks on the front lines<\/p>\n
Seven civilians were injured in a series of Ukrainian drone attacks targeting Belgorod Region, Russia, local officials report. The strikes impacted a number of locations, including the regional capital and a highway, causing damage to homes and commercial properties.
\nIn one village, a man suffered shrapnel wounds after a drone detonated, the emergency headquarters said on Sunday. Four other men were seriously injured when a drone struck a passenger vehicle.
\nAnother drone attack targeted an infrastructure facility in the regional capital, injuring two men \u2013 one suffered shrapnel wounds to the neck, and the other sustained multiple injuries to his face, chest, shoulder, and legs. The assault also damaged technological equipment at the site.<\/p>\n
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Ukrainian drone attack causes fire at oil terminal in St. Petersburg<\/p>\n
The strikes caused widespread damage across the region, where homes and vehicles were hit.
\nThe attacks come as civilian casualties mount in Russian regions bordering Ukraine. Also on Sunday, Leonid Pasechnik, the governor of Russia\u2019s Lugansk People\u2019s Republic (LPR), reported three fatalities and three injuries in the region. A woman was killed in Severodonetsk, a man died in a strike in the Troitsky district, and another driver died when his vehicle was hit near a village.
\nMoscow has accused Kiev of intentionally targeting civilian infrastructure and residential areas with long-range drones to make up for setbacks on the battlefield, where Russian forces continue to advance.<\/p>\n
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Ukraine in \u2018final manifestations of agony\u2019 \u2013 Kremlin<\/p>\n
Kiev also continues to target Russian oil infrastructure despite demands by US President Donald Trump to end the attacks, which he says are affecting global energy prices.
\nUkrainian forces launched a major drone attack on St. Petersburg on Sunday, killing one person, injuring five others, and causing a fire at a local oil terminal. Twelve apartment blocks and two private homes sustained damage during the raid, which local Governor Aleksandr Beglov called an attack by \u201cthe Ukrainian Nazis.\u201d The oil terminal is the largest facility of its kind in the Baltic region, handling 125 million tons of liquefied product per year.
\nKremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the drone strike on St. Petersburg \u201cfinal manifestations of agony\u201d from Ukraine, adding that \u201cthe Kiev regime is fighting back but cannot alter the course of history.\u201d He added that Russia has been conducting \u201csystematic, massive strikes\u201d that \u201cyield results.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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