Updated
Updated · CNN · Jun 27
Russia, Ukraine Border Strikes Kill 5 Civilians as Moscow Says It Downed 124 Drones
Updated
Updated · CNN · Jun 27

Russia, Ukraine Border Strikes Kill 5 Civilians as Moscow Says It Downed 124 Drones

3 articles · Updated · CNN · Jun 27

Summary

  • Five civilians were reported killed on both sides of the Russia-Ukraine border Saturday, including two in a Ukrainian drone strike in Russia’s Bryansk region and one near Ukraine’s Nikopol.
  • Russia said it shot down 124 Ukrainian drones over a 12-hour period, while Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said interceptors stopped repeated drones headed for the capital; Russian agencies tallied 24 near Moscow.
  • In Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, Governor Oleksandr Ganzha said more than 40 drone and artillery strikes hit the Nikopol area, killing one person and injuring one.
  • Russian-installed officials in occupied Donetsk said Ukrainian drone strikes also killed two people in Horlivka and Makiivka, underscoring how attacks are hitting civilians well beyond the immediate front line.

Insights

Ukrainian drones are striking deeper than ever. Are Russia’s famed air defense systems actually a paper tiger?
Russia is installing war-zone leaders in its border regions. Is this a new strategy or a sign of desperation?
With a US-backed peace deal stalled, what unspoken demands are keeping the devastating war raging?