AT least 16 people have been killed in Russia and 11 in Ukraine, according to local officials from each side, as both countries continue to exchange attacks.
Early on Tuesday, Russian state news agency TASS said that five people had been killed in a drone attack, with six others injured, in the Moscow region, according to its governor.
Veniamin Kondratyev, the governor of Russia’s southern Krasnodar region, said seven people, including three children, were killed and nearly 40 wounded when drone debris fell on the resort village of Arkhipo-Osipovka near Gelendzhik on Monday.
His statement on Telegram followed updates from Sergey Aksyonov, the Moscow-installed head of Russian-occupied Crimea, who reported that the death toll on the peninsula had risen to four people, with two others injured. Additionally, acting Belgorod Governor Alexander Shuvaev reported four civilian deaths and 17 injuries in border settlements.
In Ukraine, three people, including an emergency response worker and his eight-year-old son, were killed in a Russian attack on a petrol station in the Kryvyi Rih district of the Dnipropetrovsk region, an area repeatedly targeted during the war.
In a post on Telegram, regional Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said a fire broke out as a result of the attack, damaging the station and nearby vehicles.
The health ministry said that 21 people, including three children, had been rushed to hospital and that nine people were in a serious condition.
Additionally, eight people were killed, including two children, in an overnight attack in Zaporizhzhia.
Civilian deaths have increased in recent months, although both sides deny targeting civilians.
Also on Monday, Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces had captured the settlements of Bilyi Kolodiaz and Uspenivka in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine.
In the latest Ukrainian attack on the Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries, a drone struck a warehouse in the village of Khryastovo in eastern Russia’s Vladimir region.
Reporting from Kyiv, Al Jazeera’s Audrey MacAlpine said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Wildberries of playing a key role in Russia’s war efforts.
“There have been a number of online investigations from independent watchdogs who found that Wildberries sells things that are referred to as dual-use items, things like used military helmets, personal protective gear, bulletproof vests; things like this [and] fibre optic cables used in drones,” said MacAlpine.
Separately, a warehouse facility was hit by drones near Russia’s second-biggest city, St Petersburg, regional governor Alexander Drozdenko said on Telegram.
Last week, Zelenskyy met United States President Donald Trump at the White House, describing the meeting as “good”. Zelenskyy is eager for the US to help Ukraine bolster its air defences, an issue discussed during a phone call with US Vice President JD Vance on Friday.
However, Trump appears to have since backtracked on his promise to grant Ukraine a licence to manufacture Patriot interceptor missiles.