Key facts
- A World Health Organization warehouse in Dnipro was destroyed by a Russian strike on August 7.
- The WHO confirmed the destruction and stated aid had been evacuated beforehand.
- Overnight strikes by both Russia and Ukraine resulted in civilian casualties.
- Ukrainian drones struck targets in Russia's Belgorod region, causing fatalities and injuries.
- Russian missiles hit an apartment block in Kharkiv, killing two and injuring 13.
- Odesa and its surrounding region were also targeted by Russian missiles and drones.
Russia and Ukraine exchanged overnight missile and drone strikes, resulting in civilian casualties and the destruction of a World Health Organization warehouse in Dnipro. Ukrainian drones killed five people and injured two dozen in Russia's Belgorod region, while Russian missiles struck an apartment block in Kharkiv, killing two and injuring 13. Odesa and its surrounding region also sustained damage from Russian attacks.
The WHO confirmed its warehouse in Dnipro was destroyed on August 7, though 130 pallets of aid had been evacuated beforehand. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been lobbying for more U.S.-made Patriot systems to defend against ballistic missiles.
Russia's defense ministry claimed its strikes hit drone warehouses in Kharkiv and fuel depots in Odesa, and that it shot down 153 Ukrainian drones. Debris from Ukrainian drones also fell on enterprises and homes in Novorossiysk, a city with a major fuel terminal. Moldova reported an explosion near its border with Ukraine, believed to be from a combat drone, and Bulgaria summoned Ukraine's ambassador after a drone entered its airspace.