Key facts
- Four people were killed in Ukrainian drone attacks in Crimea.
- Three people died and seven were injured in Simferopol.
- One person was killed and three injured by a drone strike on a commuter train in eastern Crimea.
- Over 20 Ukrainian drones were intercepted over Sevastopol.
- Russia annexed Crimea in 2014.
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.