Source: Independent [UK]
“Russian strikes killed at least two people and wounded two others in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Sumy after Moscow threatened escalation for Ukraine’s biggest assault so far. Another nine people, including four children, suffered injuries in Kharkiv, which was attacked with Russian guided aerial bombs. Ukraine on Friday morning claimed that a crew member of a Panama-flagged ship was killed in a Russian drone attack in the Black Sea waters. Oleksiy Kuleba said that another vessel under the Saint Kitts and Nevis flag was also hit. Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov previously warned of ‘massive coordinated strikes on a regular basis’ in response to Ukraine’s attack on a Moscow oil refinery for the second time this week.” (06/19/26)