At least 7 killed, more than 50 hurt as Russia, Ukraine trade attacks

Russian drone and missile strikes across Ukraine’s eastern regions killed at least five people and injured 50 overnight, according to Ukrainian officials. A drone strike on a bus carrying agricultural workers near Semenivka, Chernihiv province, killed one man and injured two others, while a separate attack on a farm 30 miles away injured a tractor operator. In Kharkiv, one person died and 15 were injured in drone strikes, including a truck hit near Kharkiv city. In Sumy province, a 94-year-old woman was killed and another injured in a drone strike on Konotop, while two others were hurt in separate attacks. Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk regions saw two deaths and 18 injuries in strikes on Kramatorsk and Nikopol district. Kherson province reported 10 injuries, and Zaporizhzhia saw two men hurt by a guided aerial bomb. Ukraine’s Air Force stated the attacks involved two ballistic missiles and over 100 drones, most of which were downed by Ukrainian defenses. In retaliation, Ukraine launched drone strikes on Russia’s Samara and Belgorod regions, killing two people and injuring others, according to Russia’s TASS news agency. Kyiv claimed its drones targeted Rosneft’s Syzran Oil Refinery, setting it ablaze, with President Volodymyr Zelensky sharing footage of the fire. The strikes followed Kyiv’s large-scale drone attack on Moscow three days prior, which killed at least three people, including an Indian national, and injured dozens. Russian state media called it the largest attack on the capital in over a year. Ukraine had earlier retaliated against Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery, owned by Rosneft, after a May 13 raid on Kyiv killed 24 people and injured many others.