Russian drone and missile strikes in Ukraine have killed 10 people and injured at least 76 over the past day, Ukrainian officials report. Fatalities were recorded in five regions - Kherson, Odesa, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Sumy - as Moscow continues its habit of dropping things on Ukrainian cities. Ukraine's air force said Russia fired 269 drones overnight, but 249 were shot down or jammed, leaving 19 direct drone hits and one ballistic missile hit across 15 locations, plus some debris-related excitement.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Ukraine struck three Russian oil tankers, a cruise-missile carrier warship, and a patrol boat in two separate attacks on Russian ports. Details on damage are scarce, but Zelensky noted the tankers belong to Russia's "shadow fleet" - the part of the navy that helps Moscow pretend Western sanctions don't exist. "These tankers were actively used for transporting oil. Now they will not be," he wrote on Telegram, alongside black-and-white footage of a naval drone approaching one of the vessels.
Russia's military said Ukraine fired at least 334 drones, with the north-western Leningrad region taking the brunt of it. Export terminals there and elsewhere have been targeted repeatedly in recent weeks; Kyiv claims these strikes have knocked out billions of dollars worth of exports. On Sunday, Zelensky said infrastructure at the Primorsk terminal on the Baltic Sea - near Finland, for those keeping score - was significantly damaged, along with an oil tanker and a patrol boat. The third vessel hit was a Karakurt class corvette designed to carry Kalibr cruise missiles, presumably now carrying a different kind of surprise.
The Ukrainian leader added that two more oil tankers were hit at the entrance to the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. Russian authorities have mostly downplayed the impact, but the Kremlin's concern is showing: on Wednesday, it announced it was cutting back its annual Victory Day military parade on 9 May, citing the "terrorist threat" from Ukraine. Because nothing says "we're totally fine" like canceling your own parade.