# Russia and Ukraine exchange deadly overnight strikes

https://mins.news/en/item/17470

- France 24, 2026-08-09 13:22 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.france24.com/en/russia-and-ukraine-exchange-deadly-overnight-strikes

> Russia and Ukraine carried out another exchange of overnight strikes, with civilians killed and many others injured on both sides. Ukrainian drone attacks in Russia’s border region of Belgorod killed five people and wounded about two dozen. Russian missiles meanwhile hit a high-rise apartment building in Kharkiv, leaving two people dead. Several more were injured in the Black Sea port of Odesa.

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