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2026<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\" aria-live=\"polite\">\n<p>Russian strikes on eastern Ukraine have killed at least six people overnight, local authorities have said, as Moscow shot down 605 Ukrainian drones over its territory and the annexed Crimean Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p>Rescuers worked on Thursday to douse fires and clear debris \u2060in Balakliya, in the eastern Kharkiv region, after Russian strikes \u2060on homes killed three people, authorities said on the Telegram messaging app. Vitalii Karabanov, head of the military administration in the front-line city, said the victims were two women and a man.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 3 items<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"more-on__list\">\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 1 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/3\/more-than-10-killed-as-russia-and-ukraine-trade-heavy-attacks\">At least 27 killed as Russia and Ukraine trade heavy attacks<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 2 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/4\/nine-killed-in-escalating-long-range-strikes-between-russia-and-ukraine\">Nine killed in escalating long-range strikes between Russia and Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"more-on__article\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list 3 of 3<\/span><a class=\"more-on__link\" href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/4\/russia-strikes-ukrainian-capital-kyiv-with-ballistic-missiles\">Russian missile attack kills 14, injures 27 in Ukraine\u2019s Kyiv region<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Three more people were killed overnight \u200cand at least 19 others wounded in Russian attacks in the northern region of Sumy. Twelve people were wounded in the city of Sumy following an attack with \u2060guided aerial bombs, according to Ukrainian police.<\/p>\n<p>Separately, two people were wounded in a Russian attack in the Dnipropetrovsk region, according to Oleksandr Ganzha, the head of the regional military administration.<\/p>\n<p>A drone attack on a \u2060van wounded six people in the southern \u2060region of Kherson, the regional \u2060administration said on Telegram.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:block;position:relative;min-width:0px;max-width:770px\">\n<\/div>\n<p>In Ukraine\u2019s Black Sea area, a \u2060Russian \u2060attack damaged a foreign-flagged ship loaded with \u2060wheat, killing \u2060a crew member and causing a fire, Oleh Kiper, Odesa regional \u200cgovernor, said.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s seaport administration said the vessel Mera Queen, under the \u2060flag of Guinea-Bissau, was \u2060hit late on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>For more than a month, \u2060Russia has been ramping \u2060up its efforts \u2060to strangle Ukraine\u2019s trade and export routes, launching near-daily attacks on the country\u2019s Black Sea \u200cports.<\/p>\n<div class=\"container--ads in-article-ads\">\n<div class=\"ads\"><span class=\"ads__title\"> Advertisement <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, Russia\u2019s Ministry of Defence said its forces had shot down Ukrainian drones overnight. \u201cDuring the night \u2026 air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 605 Ukrainian aerial drones,\u201d the ministry said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities reported that a logistics centre belonging to Russian e-commerce giant Wildberries had been \u201cslightly damaged\u201d. The incident comes days after another Wildberries warehouse was <a href=\"\/news\/2026\/8\/4\/nine-killed-in-escalating-long-range-strikes-between-russia-and-ukraine\">struck by drones<\/a> in the Tver region, northwest of Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>At \u2060least 20 \u2060warehouses owned by the company have been \u200cattacked since July 18. Kyiv alleges that the online retailer, Russia\u2019s largest, plays a crucial role in Moscow\u2019s war effort by supplying dual-use items that can be used for military purposes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ListenListen (2 mins) Save Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share facebookxwhatsapp-strokecopylink googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Firefighters work at the site of a house destroyed during overnight Russian drone strikes in the town of Balakliya, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, August 6, 2026 [Handout\/State Emergency Service of Ukraine via Reuters] By Al Jazeera [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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