Six people are killed in Ukrainian attack in Russia and Crimea, one person is killed in a new bombing raid on Kharkiv

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According to Russian authorities, six people were killed and more than 100 injured in Ukrainian drone and missile attacks on Sunday. At least one person was killed on the second day of Russian bombing of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine.

Among the dead were five people, including two children, who were hit by falling debris from Ukrainian missiles fired over a coastal area in Sevastopol, a port city in Russian-annexed Crimea, said Mikhail Razvozhaev, the city’s Moscow-appointed governor. Another person died in the town of Grayvoron in Russia’s Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine, said the region’s governor, Vyacheslav Gladkov.

Razvozhayev said 151 people were injured in Sevastopol. Falling rocket fragments caused a forest fire of more than 150 square meters and set a residential building on fire, RIA Novosti reported. A fifth rocket exploded over the city.

The Russian Defense Ministry said both Ukraine and the United States were “responsible for a targeted missile attack on civilians.” It said the Ukrainian attack used ATACMS missiles supplied by the United States.

Razvozhayev declared Monday a day of mourning in Sevastopol and cancelled public events.

Air defenses shot down 33 Ukrainian drones overnight over the western Russian regions of Bryansk, Smolensk, Lipetsk and Tula, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday. No casualties or damage were reported.

New attacks on Kharkiv

At least one person was killed and 11 injured in a fresh attack on Kharkiv on Sunday, local authorities said. Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the city was attacked with a guided bomb and that about half of Kharkiv was without electricity as a result of the attack.

Sunday’s attack came after Russia struck Kharkiv with four aerial bombs on Saturday afternoon, hitting a five-story residential building and killing three people. Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said 41 people were still being treated for injuries.

In a video address after the attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Ukraine’s partners to strengthen their air defenses.

“Modern air defense systems for Ukraine – such as Patriots, accelerated training of our pilots for the F-16 and, most importantly, sufficient range of our weapons – are really necessary,” he said.

Two people were injured by falling debris when two Russian missiles were fired over the Kyiv region overnight, said Ukrainian Air Force Commander Mykola Oleshuk.

The regional governor of Ukraine’s partially occupied Donetsk region, Vadym Filashkin, said two people were killed and four injured in the Russian attacks on Saturday.

Russian warehouse destroyed by Iranian-made drone

In addition, the Ukrainian Navy released photos on Sunday that it said confirmed the destruction of a warehouse in the southern Russian region of Krasnodar that was used to launch and store Iranian-designed Shahed drones.

Navy officials said instructors and cadets were killed in the attack on Friday evening. Moscow has not yet commented on the reports, but officials said air defenses shot down several drones in the area on Friday evening.