{"id":2454,"date":"2026-08-09T16:40:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:40:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2454"},"modified":"2026-08-09T16:40:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T16:40:02","slug":"russia-ukraine-exchange-overnight-strikes-that-leave-7-dead-many-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2454","title":{"rendered":"Russia, Ukraine exchange overnight strikes that leave 7 dead, many injured"},"content":{"rendered":"
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KYIV, Ukraine (AP) \u2014 Russia and Ukraine<\/span> exchanged strikes overnight that killed civilians and injured many others on both sides, local authorities reported.<\/p>\n

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Large-scale Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities have become almost routine<\/span> in recent weeks, with Moscow exploiting Ukraine\u2019s critical shortage of interceptors for the U.S.-made Patriot systems<\/span> \u2014 the sole air defense weapon in its arsenal able to shoot down ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n

In the latest attacks, Ukrainian drones killed five people and injured two dozen others, including a 4-year-old boy, in Russia\u2019s border region of Belgorod, according to the regional administration. <\/p>\n

In Kharkiv, Ukraine\u2019s second-largest city, Russian missiles struck a high-rise apartment block in the Saltivskyi district, killing two people and injuring 13, according to regional head Oleh Syniehubov. Eight more people were injured in Ukraine\u2019s Black Sea port of Odesa after \u201cdozens of missiles and drones\u201d struck the city and surrounding region, according to local administration head Oleh Kiper. <\/p>\n

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Ukraine\u2019s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/span> has for months lobbied other countries, especially the U.S., to send Ukraine more Patriot systems made scarcer by the Iran war<\/span>, arguing they are crucial for defending civilians.<\/p>\n

Failing that, Zelenskyy wants to make Patriot ammunition in Ukraine<\/span> or get approval<\/span> from Elon Musk to use his Starlink satellite communications system<\/span> to guide strikes inside Russia that can hit its missile launchers.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Kyiv has kept up long-range drone strikes against Russian energy infrastructure<\/span>, as well as the country\u2019s largest online retailer, Wildberries<\/span>, and other targets deep inside Russia, sparking a fuel crisis. <\/p>\n

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Russia\u2019s defense ministry on Sunday claimed its overnight strikes hit drone warehouses in the Kharkiv region, as well as fuel depots and stores of other materiel belonging to Ukraine\u2019s armed forces at the port of Odesa.<\/p>\n

It said its forces had shot down 153 Ukrainian drones during the night, including over Russian-occupied Crimea and the Black and Azov seas. <\/p>\n

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In Russia\u2019s Belgorod region, authorities said Ukrainian drone strikes damaged 29 apartment blocks and five private houses, as well as administrative buildings and unspecified \u201ccommercial facilities.\u201d <\/p>\n

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