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Russian drone and missile strikes in Ukraine have killed 10 people and injured at least 76 over the past day, Ukrainian officials say.<\/p>\n

Officials in five regions around the country reported fatalities as Moscow continues to target Ukrainian cities with regular drone and missile attacks.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said three Russian oil tankers, a cruise-missile carrier warship and a patrol boat were struck in separate attacks on two Russian ports.<\/p>\n

There are no details on damage to the ships, but Zelensky said the tankers were part of Russia’s “shadow fleet” used to evade Western sanctions imposed over Moscow’s full-scale invasion launched in 2022.<\/p>\n

Ukraine’s air force said 269 drones were fired by Russia overnight, but 249 of them were shot down or jammed.<\/p>\n

It confirmed 19 direct drone hits and one ballistic missile hit in 15 locations, as well as damage caused by falling debris from one drone.<\/p>\n

Ukrainian officials said three people were killed in separate incidents in Kherson region, while two died in each of Odesa, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions and one in Sumy region.<\/p>\n

At the same time, Russia’s military said Ukraine had fired at least 334 drones, with the north-western Leningrad region heavily targeted.<\/p>\n

Export terminals there and in other regions have been targeted<\/a> by Ukraine in recent weeks in a series of successful strikes launched by Ukraine on Russian oil infrastructure, which Kyiv says has knocked out billions of dollars worth of exports.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Zelensky said infrastructure of the north-western Primorsk terminal on the Baltic Sea, near Finland, had been significantly damaged, and an oil tanker and a patrol boat were hit.<\/p>\n

He added that the third vessel struck there was a Karakurt class corvette designed to carry Kalibr cruise missiles.<\/p>\n

The Ukrainian leader earlier said that another two oil tankers were hit by Ukrainian drones at the entrance to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk.<\/p>\n

“These tankers were actively used for transporting oil. Now they will not be,” he wrote on Telegram.<\/p>\n

The post was accompanied by black-and-white video footage apparently showing a naval drone approaching one of the tankers.<\/p>\n

Russian authorities have mostly downplayed the impact of such attacks, but the Kremlin is clearly concerned about the deep reach of Ukrainian drones into its territory.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday the Kremlin announced it was paring back its annual military parade<\/a> to mark Victory Day – the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War Two, on 9 May – due to what it said was the “terrorist threat” from Ukraine.<\/p>\n

Ukraine has recently intensified its drone strikes deep inside Russia, more than four years into Russia’s full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n

Kyiv says it is hitting legitimate military targets, and in turn accuses Moscow of attacking civilians in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

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