Four people were killed and several injured in Ukrainian drone attacks across Crimea. Three died and seven were injured in Simferopol, while one person was killed and three injured by a drone strike on a commuter train in eastern Crimea. Over 20 drones were intercepted over Sevastopol.
Ukrainian drone attacks resulted in four fatalities in the Russia-annexed Crimea peninsula. Three people were killed and seven injured in Simferopol when forces hit a non-residential area, according to Sergei Aksyonov, the Russia-appointed head of Crimea. Aksyonov later reported that one person died and three were wounded when a drone struck a commuter train in eastern Crimea. In Sevastopol, air defense units intercepted over 20 Ukrainian drones, with debris damaging some buildings but no casualties reported. Russia seized and annexed Crimea in 2014. The region has faced fuel shortages due to increasing Ukrainian strikes on oil industry targets, including a recent strike on an oil terminal in St Petersburg. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated these strikes help Ukraine 'end this war on equal footing.' This follows a period of intensified strikes, with Russia stating it would launch 'systematic' strikes after a drone attack on a dormitory in Russian-occupied territory, which Ukraine denies attacking. Russian shelling also killed three civilians in Kramatorsk and injured eight near Dnipro on Wednesday. In Russia's Bryansk region, a Ukrainian drone killed a crane operator.
The attacks underscore the ongoing escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war, with Ukraine increasingly targeting Russian infrastructure and military assets in occupied territories, while Russia warns of retaliatory measures.