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Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least four civilians and injured dozens more across Ukraine overnight, while Ukrainian drones targeted a major Russian oil port and refinery, officials said on Friday.

In eastern Ukraine, a Russian aerial bomb struck a residential area in Kramatorsk, killing one person and injuring 17, according to the Donetsk regional prosecutor’s office, which opened a war crimes investigation. In Sumy region, two drones hit a family home in Burynska, killing a 29-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son and wounding four other relatives, military governor Oleh Hrihorov said. Five more were injured when a drone struck a nine-story apartment building in Smila, Cherkasy region, military governor Ihor Taburets reported.

Ukraine’s air force command said Russia launched 112 attack and reconnaissance drones, along with glide bombs, at targets across the country. Air defenses downed 90 drones in the northern, southern and eastern regions, with 11 strikes recorded and debris falls reported at six other sites .

Power outages were reported in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Sumy regions due to Russian drone attacks and artillery shelling, national grid operator Ukrenergo said on Facebook. Emergency repairs were underway where security conditions allowed, and the company urged consumers to shift high electricity use to 10:00–17:00, when solar plants operate most efficiently .

Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Ust-Luga port in Leningrad Oblast, damaging port infrastructure and sparking a fire, regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko said. Authorities claimed 51 drones were downed over the region, which hosts one of Russia’s largest Baltic Sea oil terminals . Separately, the Orsk oil refinery in Orenburg Oblast has “completely” halted processing after a recent Ukrainian drone strike, with repairs expected to take months, according to the regional governor .

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission reported at least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured by Russian attacks in Ukraine in July, with children among the victims .

Ukraine has proposed a truce with Russia to halt attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea, a source told Japan Today, amid mounting strikes on vessels and ports .

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