Russia launches largest drone strike of the war as Ukraine hits Russian ports and energy sites
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Russia launched its largest drone strike of the war on the night of 12–13 June 2026, firing 118 unmanned aerial vehicles at targets across Ukraine, while Ukrainian forces reported intercepting 185 Russian drones inside Russian territory over the same 24-hour period. The barrage killed at least one civilian in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai and injured three others after a maritime terminal in the Temryuk district caught fire, according to Ukraine’s Pravda and Russia’s Meduza . In the Bryansk region bordering Ukraine, a Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded another, regional governor Egor Kovalchuk said, as Russian air defences claimed to have shot down 185 Ukrainian UAVs nationwide .
Ukraine’s General Staff reported that Russian forces suffered 1,310 killed or wounded over the past day, alongside the loss of 88 artillery systems, figures that have not been independently verified . Separate investigations by Mediazona and BBC Russian now list 225,019 confirmed Russian military deaths since the invasion began, the highest publicly documented toll to date .
Russian authorities also acknowledged Ukrainian drone strikes on a port in Krasnodar Krai and on the Bryansk border region, while Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces conducted a night-time raid on the Vostochny training range in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, releasing video evidence of the attack . In occupied territories, Russian shelling killed two civilians and injured 22 more in Donetsk and Kherson oblasts, Ukrainian officials said .
The surge in cross-border drone activity coincides with the evacuation of cultural landmarks and partial population from the embattled frontline city of Kramatorsk, where authorities warned of an imminent Russian ground advance . Meanwhile, Ukrainian strikes on Crimea’s energy infrastructure set a power plant ablaze, according to German regional media .
German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius cautioned that drone attacks on critical infrastructure, including the Bundestag, could not be ruled out as the conflict intensifies . The overnight exchanges mark the most intense period of aerial combat since the war’s escalation in 2024, with both sides leveraging long-range strike drones to pressure rear-area logistics and morale.
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Drones strike maritime terminal in Russias Krasnodar Krai, sparking fire Drones struck a terminal in the Temryuk district in Russias Krasnodar Krai, killing one person and injuring three.
ukrpravda · about 2 hours ago
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ukrpravda · about 2 hours ago
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digi24 · about 2 hours ago
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bluesky bot · about 2 hours ago
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ukrpravda · about 2 hours ago
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protothema · about 2 hours ago
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ukrpravda · about 2 hours ago
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ukrpravda · about 2 hours ago
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