Ukrainian attack on Crimea kills five, Russian officials say

At least five people have been killed in a Ukrainian attack on Russia and the Crimean peninsula as Kyiv steps up strikes, according to the Russian-appointed governor in the annexed region.
Crimea Governor Sergey Aksyonov said two people, including a child, were killed and two others wounded following “overnight enemy attacks” into Thursday, June 25.
Drone strikes killed two people in the bordering region of Bryansk and one person was killed in Belgorod region, authorities said.
Russia’s defence ministry said 269 Ukrainian drones were downed over Russia and Crimea overnight.
The head of the Krasnoarmeysk district in Krasnodar Krai said debris from a drone strike triggered an oil depot fire. “Following the fall of UAV debris, a fire broke out at the Poltavskaya oil depot,” Aleksandr Kharitonov wrote on Russia’s state-run Max platform. Authorities in Crimea will impose power cuts across the peninsula following the Ukrainian attacks, Aksyonov said. “Energy infrastructure has been damaged by hostile attacks. Consequently, temporary power outages will be implemented across Crimea,” the Moscow-installed governor posted on Telegram. At the same time, Russia attacked three rail locomotives, killing one driver and hit two petrol stations across Ukraine on Thursday, officials there said.