Ukrainian rescuers fight a fire following a Russian drone strike on the Kharkiv region city of Chuhuiv, Ukraine, 5 July 2025. Photo: State Emergency Service of Ukraine.

The Russian military launched a barrage of fresh airstrikes on cities in Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region overnight on Friday, killing at least one person in the city of Kupyansk and injuring 15 others across the region, Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synyehubov announced on Saturday.

The attack, which, according to Synyehubov, comprised at least 25 Iranian-made Shahed drones, 12 unguided aircraft missiles, and 6 cruise missiles, caused widespread damage to civilian infrastructure, and was part of a larger overnight attack on Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Air Force reported on Saturday that in total Russia had launched 322 drones at targets in the country, primarily targeting western Ukraine’s Khmelnytskyi region, 292 of which were shot down or intercepted.

Elsewhere in Ukraine, at least three civilians were killed and another 22 injured over the past 24 hours, according to reports from regional governors.

In eastern Ukraine, Donetsk Governor Vadym Filashkin announced that two civilians had been killed and four wounded in Russian airstrikes on the region on Friday, while in southeastern Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia Governor Ivan Fedorov reported that a guided aerial bomb had killed an 84-year-old man in the city of Vasylivka.

In an attack that was primarily concentrated on regions bordering Ukraine in western and southwestern Russia, 94 Ukrainian drones were intercepted overnight on Friday, according to the Russian Defence Ministry.

No casualties were reported, although NASA’s global fire monitoring system detected a blaze near the Borisoglebsk military airfield in western Russia’s Voronezh region, according to breaking news Telegram channel ASTRA.

Later on Saturday, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine confirmed a “successful” strike on the airfield, claiming that Ukrainian drones had hit a warehouse storing guided aerial bombs and training aircraft.

“The Defence Forces continue to take all measures to undermine the capabilities of the Russian occupiers to strike civilian infrastructure and force Russia to cease its armed aggression against Ukraine,” it said.