Russia strikes Ukraine’s Danube port as Kyiv launches drones toward Moscow

Russia launched overnight drone attacks on Ukraine’s southern Danube port of Izmail early Tuesday, damaging port infrastructure in the strategic Odesa region, while Russian authorities said they intercepted four Ukrainian drones headed toward Moscow.

Izmail, Ukraine’s largest port on the Danube River, has been repeatedly targeted during the war due to its role in exporting grain and other goods. Local officials said port facilities were damaged, though no casualties were reported.

In the northeastern city of Kharkiv, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said two people were rescued after a separate Russian drone strike, while one person was believed to be trapped under rubble. Regional authorities also reported attacks in Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv and Zaporizhzhia.

On the Russian side, Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said air defences shot down four drones approaching the capital. In the Kursk region, a woman was killed, and two others were injured in what local officials described as a Ukrainian attack.

Drone strikes were also reported in Russia’s Rostov and Yaroslavl regions. In Yaroslavl, Governor Mikhail Yevrayev said an unspecified industrial facility was damaged and caught fire.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv’s strikes on Russian energy infrastructure have reduced Russia’s oil refining capacity by around 10% in recent months, weakening Moscow’s ability to finance the war.

The latest exchanges come as efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict remain stalled, with both sides continuing to trade long-range drone and missile attacks.