At least seven people, including four children, were killed when a projectile struck a crowded Black Sea beach in Russia on Monday, with Moscow blaming a Ukrainian drone attack. Fifty-eight others were injured, and video captured the impact. The strike was among a series of incidents as Ukraine escalated attacks on Russian territory.
In a separate incident late Tuesday, the director of a factory supplying drones to the Russian military was badly injured and his driver was killed when their car exploded in Bolshoy Istok, near Yekaterinburg. Russian state news agencies said Vladimir Tkachuk was hospitalised in grave condition. The factory, Uraldronzavod, had no immediate comment, and authorities did not immediately respond.
Ukraine has also conducted long-range strikes targeting civilian infrastructure in Russia, and in recent weeks has stepped up attacks on warehouses belonging to Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries. A drone strike on warehouses in the Moscow region killed five people.