What Happened
's DSNSByGabriela Pomeroy and Dan Johnson, Ukraine correspondentPublished17 August 2026Nine people have been killed and 23 injured, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on Russia, local officials have said.
Eight people were killed in the western Belgorod region bordering Ukraine 24 hours. A woman died overnight in the southern Astrakhan region.
Ukraine said two people were killed in Russian drone attacks -eastern Sumy region, and another eastern Donetsk region.
The strikes come a Russia described as the "largest-scale" attack by Ukraine this year, people were killed. Russian attacks on Ukraine also killed people and injured more than 39 on Saturday night.
Why It Matters
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 Belgorod's village of Koloskovo, acting regional Governor Alexandr Shuvaev said.
The injured hospital while two others received medical assistance, he added.
Meanwhile, a woman was killed after a drone strike hit a Astrakhan region, the local governor said on Monday.
What Comes Next
Igor Babushkin Ukrainian strike targeted an industrial facility damaged.
In Ukraine, two people were killed in Russian strikes on the cities of Kramatorsk and Sloviansk in the Donetsk region, the state emergencies service DSNS said.
It also reported that 54 trading pavilions were set ablaze at a local market in Sloviansk.
region, a man and a woman were killed in an overnight Russian drone attack, regional head Oleh Hryhorov said.
A separate overnight attack damaged a civilian vessel and injured four people, local officials said.
Moscow has sought foreign companies from trading with Ukraine by targeting coastline.
Kyiv has stepped up drone strikes deep inside Russia during .
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