Two people killed and over a dozen injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine

Published on 02/05/2026 - 12:00 GMT+2

Russian attacks are continuing to people cities crossed Ukraine arsenic the Kremlin shows nary signs of letting up and bid efforts look to person stalled arsenic the ongoing US-Israeli warfare successful Iran continues to inhabit planetary priorities.

Ukrainian officials accidental a barrage of Russian drones targeted the northeastern Kharkiv portion overnight into Saturday.

The attacks chiefly targeted civilian infrastructure and residential areas. Authorities accidental a 12-storey residential gathering was deed by Russia’s Iranian-made Shahed onslaught drones, causing harm to the outer façade and injuring people.

One antheral was injured, suffering shrapnel wounds to the chest, aft a drone struck the 11th level of the gathering wherever his flat is located. Another nonmigratory was injured by fragments of shattered glass, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.

Several civilian vehicles were besides damaged arsenic Moscow’s drone incursion struck a car parkland adjacent the residential complex.

Two radical were killed arsenic the Kremlin targeted a civilian nationalist transport autobus successful the Dniprovskyi territory of the confederate Kherson region. The onslaught was carried retired successful the aboriginal hours of Saturday.

Authorities accidental an worker of a inferior institution and a woman, whose individuality has yet to beryllium confirmed, were killed connected the scene. Seven different passengers were injured successful the attacks, six men and 1 woman, who person been transferred to hospitals to person aesculapian care.

In abstracted attacks, the Kherson Military Administration reported that 1 idiosyncratic was killed and 10 others injured arsenic a effect of attacks crossed the confederate region.

Ukraine’s Air Force says the Kremlin fired much than 160 drones targeting 12 antithetic locations crossed the state overnight and into the aboriginal hours of Saturday.

It added that astir 140 of them were intercepted oregon jammed aerially, but confirmed that immoderate 2 twelve did onslaught their targets. They besides warned that further attacks are to beryllium expected, noting that its forces are maintaining readiness to respond to these threats.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones are besides achieving occurrence connected the battlefield, and person been striking vigor facilities heavy wrong Russia.

The attacks are aimed astatine slashing Moscow’s lipid exports, a cardinal root of backing for its grinding penetration of Ukraine. But the economical interaction is truthful acold unclear, arsenic the emergence successful lipid prices from the Iran war, and a related easing of US sanctions, person helped replenish the Kremlin’s coffers.

Kyiv’s drones person deed the lipid refinery and export terminal successful the Black Sea municipality of Tuapse connected 4 occasions successful conscionable implicit 2 weeks, sparking fires that prompted section evacuations and sent up monolithic plumes of smoke. The municipality is astir 450 kilometres from the beforehand lines.

Ukraine said connected Thursday that it deed an lipid pumping presumption successful Russia’s Perm region, much than 1,500 kilometres from Ukraine, 2 days successful a row. Russian media reported the attacks, though Perm Governor Dmitry Makhonin said lone that drones had deed concern facilities.

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said connected Friday that Russia has mislaid astatine slightest $7 cardinal (€5.97 billion) since the commencement of the twelvemonth arsenic a nonstop effect of attacks connected its lipid sector.

Earlier successful the week, helium said Ukrainian quality indicates a driblet successful exports from cardinal lipid ports specified arsenic Ust-Luga and Primorsk.

Ukraine’s strikes person besides disrupted Russia's lipid refining capacities, portion sanctions marque it hard to get replacement parts, experts say.