Ukrainian strikes kill six in Russia, acting governor says

Image source, Alexander KazakovImage caption, Belgorod's acting governor Alexander Shuvaev says the missile strikes damaged a building and car

Six people have been killed and four injured in Ukrainian missile strikes on Russia's Belgorod region overnight, its acting governor has said.

A 14-year-old child was among those injured, Alexander Shuvaev wrote on Telegram on Monday.

Ukraine officials said two people were killed in Russian drone strikes overnight on the Sumy region, close to the border with Russia, which has been under frequent attack.

The strikes come a night after what Russian officials called the "largest-scale" attack launched by Ukraine this year, in which at least seven people were killed. Russian attacks on Ukraine also killed at least seven people and injured more than 39 on Saturday night.

Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, and currently controls approximately a fifth of Ukrainian territory.

The latest Ukrainian strikes burned a building and damaged a car in the village of Koloskovo in the Valuysky district, which is close to Russia's border with Ukraine, Shuvaev said.

The injured child was sent to hospital while two others received medical assistance, he added.

Kyiv has stepped up drone strikes deep inside Russia during the past few weeks.

On Saturday night, Ukraine fired some 822 drones towards Russia, with 600 aiming for Moscow, according to its regional governor, who said the Russian capital suffered "one of the most massive drone attacks in recent memory".

During the strikes on Saturday night, five people died in Russia's south-western region of Rostov, its governor said. A woman was killed in an attack on a civilian bus in Belgorod, officials said, while an 83-year-old man died in a drone attack in the Moscow region.

A warehouse belonging to Russian online retailer Wildberries was also hit.

Since July, Ukraine has repeatedly targeted the company, known as Russia's version of Amazon. Ukraine's defence ministry said the latest attack meant that seven out of 10 of the largest Wildberries logistics centres had been "disabled".

Russia has intensified missile attacks across Ukraine in recent weeks.

The Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz said on Monday that Russia had attacked its facilities 13 times during the past week.

In Russian attacks on Ukraine on Saturday night, a man and woman died after a private house was hit by a guided aerial bomb in the Zaporizhzhia region, officials said. Five others were killed in attacks across the country.

Russia said its attacks on Kyiv on Saturday night targeted a FirePoint facility producing parts for Ukrainian Flamingo missiles and a factory making components for drones.

The Russian attacks also hit a book market in the city's Pochayna district. Burnt books could be seen on the ground.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said 13 regions had come under attack this week, with Russia launching more than 1,550 attack drones, nearly 1,560 guided aerial bombs and 62 missiles.

Both sides accuse each other of targeting civilians.

Image source, EPAImage caption, People walking in a graveyard by a Wildberries facility near Podolsk in the Moscow region on 16 August

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