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RussiaUkraine Tensions Mount as Strikes Hit Infrastructure, Belgorod Reports Deadly Drone Attacks

Kremlin messaging paired battlefield updates with a warning that any Tomahawk transfer would be a serious escalation.

Overview

  • Ukraine reported overnight strikes on energy and rail facilities in Poltava and Sumy, with damage to depots and power infrastructure and temporary train delays now resolved.
  • Air-raid alerts were posted across 11 regions, according to the Ukrainian Digital Transformation Ministry’s online map.
  • Belgorod’s governor said 141 drones targeted 13 municipalities in 24 hours, leaving two civilians dead and damaging homes, vehicles and infrastructure.
  • Russia’s Defense Ministry said its Dnepr grouping eliminated up to 80 Ukrainian personnel and destroyed equipment in Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions.
  • Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to preview any PutinTrump call and said supplying Tomahawk cruise missiles to Ukraine would be a “serious escalation,” while Russian authorities re-listed Alexey Arestovich as wanted and reported arrests in a Sheremetyevo fraud case.