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Ukraine war: Missile and drone strikes kill 7 across three nations
Ukraine war: Missile and drone strikes kill 7 across three nations
Overnight missile and drone strikes across Russia and Ukraine killed seven people and injured dozens more. In Russia's Belgorod region, authorities said Ukrainian drone strikes damaged 29 apartment blocks and five private…
The Story in Brief
Overnight missile and drone strikes across Russia and Ukraine killed seven people and injured dozens more. In Russia's Belgorod region, authorities said Ukrainian drone strikes damaged 29 apartment blocks and five private houses. Debris from a drone also injured one person in Novorossiysk, home to a major fuel terminal. In Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, a Russian missile strike on an apartment block killed two people and injured 13. A separate attack on Odesa with missiles and drones injured eight more. Two neighbouring countries also reported drone incidents. A suspected combat drone exploded in Moldova near the Ukraine border, causing no injuries. Bulgaria summoned Ukraine's ambassador after a drone, apparently Ukrainian-made, exploded near a gas pipeline. Ukraine said it was not a deliberate attack.
The escalation comes as Ukraine continues to press for more US-made Patriot air defence systems, which intercept ballistic missiles. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also proposed making Patriot ammunition in Ukraine or using Elon Musk's Starlink system to guide strikes on Russian missile launchers. Russia's defence ministry said its overnight strikes hit drone warehouses and fuel depots in Ukraine. Moldova said fragments of a combat drone were found after an explosion near its border with Ukraine. Bulgaria's defence ministry said the drone that entered its airspace appeared to be a type used by Ukrainian forces, and the incident was likely accidental.
The Indian Opinion
The narrative that Ukraine is a passive victim in this war is incomplete. Reports of Ukrainian drones striking Russian territory and even accidentally entering Bulgarian airspace show the conflict is now a two-way street. The West's focus on supplying defensive systems like Patriots is convenient, but it ignores Ukraine's active offensive capabilities. This isn't a one-sided tragedy anymore; it's a regional firestorm that Kyiv is helping to fuel. The real test will be if the West reacts as sternly to Ukrainian drone incursions as it does to Russian missile strikes.
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