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Drone Strikes Escalate as Istanbul Peace Talks Fail

The swift resumption of cross-border drone strikes shows how diplomacy has failed to curb fighting on the ground.

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The southern Ukrainian port city of Odesa has come under persistent Russian attacks since the invasion began in early 2022
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Overview

  • Ukrainian drones hit southern Russian Black Sea coastal areas, killing one person, wounding another and damaging an oil storage depot.
  • Russian drones struck Odesa’s historic centre and surrounding districts, sparking fires in homes, kiosks and a petrol station, and drone debris killed a woman in Sochi’s Adler district, grounding the airport for four hours.
  • Russian artillery and anti-personnel mines in Kherson region killed a man in Sadove and maimed a 70-year-old woman in Chervonyi Maiak.
  • In Kryvyi Rih, eight drones were intercepted by Ukrainian air defenses but remaining strikes damaged private homes, a commercial facility and solar panels.
  • Glide bombs and multiple types of drones hit nine Kharkiv region settlements, resulting in three deaths, five injuries and widespread property damage.