{"id":34964,"date":"2026-08-09T18:57:59","date_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34964"},"modified":"2026-08-09T18:57:59","modified_gmt":"2026-08-09T13:57:59","slug":"russia-ukraine-kill-7-after-overnight-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=34964","title":{"rendered":"Russia, Ukraine kill 7 after overnight strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content%2Fuploads%2Fsites%2F2%2F2026%2F08%2F136905188.jpg?quality%3D90%26strip%3Dall\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Russia and\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0exchanged strikes overnight that killed civilians and injured many others on both sides, local authorities reported.<\/p>\n<p>In Russia\u2019s border region of Belgorod, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/08\/world-news\/russian-attacks-kill-4-in-kyiv-and-surrounding-region-as-air-defenses-fall-short\/\">Ukrainian drones<\/a> killed five people and injured two dozen others including a 4-year-old boy, according to the regional administration.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Firefighters extinguish flames from residential buildings after a Russian missiles attack on Sunday, August 9, 2026, in Odesa, Ukraine.  <span class=\"credit\">Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Rescuers evacuate an injured civilian after a residential building was hit following Russia\u2019s drone attack on Sunday, August 9, 2026, in Kharkiv, Ukraine.  <span class=\"credit\">AP Photo\/Andrii Marienko<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Russian missiles struck a high-rise apartment block in Kharkiv\u2019s Saltivskyi district, killing two people and injuring 13, according to regional head Oleh Syniehubov. Eight more people were injured in Ukraine\u2019s Black Sea port of Odesa after \u201cdozens of missiles and drones\u201d struck the city and surrounding region, according to local administration head Oleh Kiper.<\/p>\n<p>Large-scale Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities have <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/01\/world-news\/russia-hits-ukrainian-capital-with-ballistic-missiles-and-drones-killing-at-least-9\/\">become\u00a0almost routine\u00a0in recent weeks<\/a>, with Moscow exploiting Ukraine\u2019s critical shortage of interceptors for the\u00a0US-made Patriot systems\u00a0\u2014 the sole air defense weapon in its arsenal able to shoot down ballistic missiles.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>A woman walks past a bank building damaged during a Ukrainian overnight drone attack on Sunday, August 9, 2026, in Belgorod, Russia.  <span class=\"credit\">REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>\u201cDozens\u201d of Russia\u2019s missiles killed at least two people and injured more during the overnight launches. <span class=\"credit\">via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s President\u00a0Volodymyr Zelensky\u00a0has for months <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/07\/28\/us-news\/trump-zelensky-hold-crucial-white-house-meeting-ahead-of-lindsey-graham-funeral\/\">lobbied other countries, especially the US<\/a>, to send Ukraine more Patriot systems made scarcer by the\u00a0Iran war, arguing they are crucial for defending civilians.<\/p>\n<p>Failing that, Zelensky wants to\u00a0make Patriot ammunition in Ukraine\u00a0or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/11\/08\/us-news\/elon-musk-joined-trumps-call-with-zelensky-report\/\">get approval\u00a0from Elon Musk<\/a> to use his\u00a0Starlink satellite communications system\u00a0to guide strikes inside Russia that can hit its missile launchers.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module aligncenter wp-block-nypost-editor-primary-tag\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kyiv has kept up long-range drone strikes against\u00a0Russian energy infrastructure, as well as the country\u2019s\u00a0largest online retailer, Wildberries, and other targets deep inside Russia, sparking a fuel crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s defense ministry on Sunday claimed its overnight strikes hit drone warehouses in the Kharkiv region, as well as fuel depots and stores of other materiel belonging to Ukraine\u2019s armed forces at the port of Odesa.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"nyp-slideshow-modal-image wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><figcaption>Russian missile strikes have been continuous over recent weeks, as Ukraine is short of Patriot systems. <span class=\"credit\">via REUTERS<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It said its forces had shot down 153 Ukrainian drones during the night, including over Russian-occupied Crimea and the Black and Azov seas.<\/p>\n<p>In Russia\u2019s Belgorod region, the authorities said Ukrainian drone strikes damaged 29 apartment blocks and five private houses, as well as administrative buildings and unspecified \u201ccommercial facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia and\u00a0Ukraine\u00a0exchanged strikes overnight that killed civilians and injured many others on both sides, local authorities reported. In Russia\u2019s border region of Belgorod, Ukrainian drones killed five people and injured two dozen others including a 4-year-old boy, according to the regional administration. 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