Ukrainian drone strikes on Russian territory have resulted in the deaths of 11 people and left dozens more wounded, according to Russian officials. The attacks targeted a Black Sea resort village and the annexed Crimean Peninsula, both popular summer destinations for Russian tourists.

In the seaside village of Arkhipo-Osipovka, located in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, seven people were reported killed, including three children. The regional crisis task force confirmed the casualties on social media, and Governor Venyamin Kondratyev attributed the strike to Ukrainian forces. Unverified footage circulating on social media appeared to show a drone crashing onto a crowded beach in Arkhipo-Osipovka, with tourists visible nearby in the water and on the shore.

Separately, a Ukrainian strike in Crimea killed four people, according to Sergey Aksyonov, the Moscow-installed governor of the peninsula. Ukraine has stepped up counter-attacks on Crimea, which Russia annexed in 2014, leading to disruptions in electricity and fuel supplies during the summer months.

The ongoing conflict, which began with Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, has seen increasing civilian casualties throughout 2026, the United Nations reports, with no indication of an imminent peace agreement. Ukraine frequently launches large-scale drone attacks on Russian territory during nighttime hours, often as retaliation for Russian missile and drone strikes on Ukrainian towns and cities.

Meanwhile, Russian forces continued their offensive inside Ukraine. A missile strike hit Kryvyi Rih, the home city of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, killing three people, including an eight-year-old boy, Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Oleksandr Ganzha said. Images posted showed firefighters extinguishing flames near a damaged gas station. In the southern Odesa region, another Russian attack wounded 13 people, according to Governor Oleg Kiper.

In addition, a recent Russian strike on a warehouse in northeastern Ukraine destroyed eight million books, a Ukrainian publishing house stated. The group condemned the attack as an assault on Ukrainian culture. This incident underscores the broad and sustained impacts of the conflict on both civilian life and cultural sites across the affected regions.