Two civilians reported killed in drone strike at Ukraine-Moldova border crossing
Ukrainian officials said Russian drones hit the Starokozache crossing in Odesa, injuring three people and temporarily halting passenger and vehicle traffic.
Russian drones struck the Starokozache border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova in Ukraine’s southern Odesa region on Wednesday, with Ukrainian officials reporting two civilian deaths and three injuries.
The attack caused a fire, temporarily halting passenger and vehicle traffic across the border, officials said. The timing and extent of the disruption were not specified.
The reported casualties, damage and traffic interruption were based on statements from Ukrainian officials and had not been independently verified in the available material.
Ukrainian emergency services also reported fires in Kyiv after a separate overnight Russian attack, with no casualties reported in that incident. A further Russian strike in the Mykolaiv region reportedly killed one person and injured several others.
The Russian Defence Ministry separately said its forces had struck a Ukrainian cargo vessel carrying military equipment in the Black Sea and a Kyiv warehouse allegedly linked to drone production. Russian and Ukrainian authorities also issued competing claims about attacks near Novorossiysk, including Ukrainian claims that military vessels were hit. Those claims were not independently verified.
