Russia launched 118 Shahed-type attack drones against Ukraine overnight Saturday into Sunday, in one of the larger single-night drone barrages of the war. Eight people were killed when a drone struck a local market in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, and 62 people were wounded in attacks across multiple regions, Ukraine’s General Staff reported.

The market strike was the deadliest single incident of the overnight assault. Ukrainian emergency services reached the scene in the early hours of Sunday morning and found the structure heavily damaged. Rescue workers pulled survivors from the rubble through the morning. Local officials said market vendors and early shoppers were among those killed.

Ukraine’s air defense units said they intercepted and destroyed a significant portion of the incoming drones before they reached their targets. The drones that got through struck infrastructure and residential areas in Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, Sumy, and Kharkiv oblasts. A logistics terminal in Zaporizhzhia was damaged, and a solar power facility in Odesa Oblast was also hit, according to regional governors.

A Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian side of the front destroyed a marine terminal in Russia’s Krasnodar Krai, Ukrainian military sources said. Footage circulating on social media showed fires at a fuel depot in the Temryuk district. Russia’s defense ministry did not immediately comment on the report.

The Russian military has continued large-scale drone campaigns against Ukrainian civilian and economic infrastructure throughout 2026, even as US-brokered ceasefire talks with Iran have consumed much of the international diplomatic attention. Ukraine’s allies in NATO and the European Union have urged continued focus on Kyiv even as the Middle East crisis dominates headlines.

Ukraine’s General Staff said Russian forces also shelled Sumy with long-range artillery on Saturday morning, wounding six people. Total confirmed Russian military losses since February 24, 2022 rose to approximately 1,381,430 troops, according to Ukrainian figures that Moscow does not acknowledge. Russia has not publicly disclosed its casualty numbers.

The EU approved a 21st package of sanctions against Russia in recent days, targeting additional Russian financial institutions and banning imports of Russian fish and seafood. The latest round of measures is aimed at closing loopholes identified in previous packages. The EU measures came alongside a decision to prohibit Russian military personnel from entering EU territory. Ukraine’s military pay was also raised significantly in June, with front-line infantry soldiers now earning an average of 300,000 hryvnias per month. Ukrainian drone operations have expanded in range and frequency this year, disrupting fuel supplies even inside Russian-held territory. The conflict shows no sign of a negotiated settlement on the eastern front, even as international attention shifts toward the Iran peace process.