A Palau-flagged civilian ship was damaged while loading at Odesa port on Saturday. Russian strikes across Ukraine killed at least five civilians and damaged infrastructure, regional governors said, with attacks reported in Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhia and Kherson. Ukraine's air force and Russia's defense ministry gave sharply different tallies for overnight drone losses as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met Azerbaijan’s leader and signed cooperation deals.

Casualties and damage across regions

Two men were killed in a drone strike in Bilopil, near Ukraine’s border with Russia, Governor Oleh Hryhorov of Sumy region said. In central Ukraine, Governor Oleksandr Ganzha reported one death and four injuries after attacks on four districts of Dnipropetrovsk region. Governor Oleksandr Prokudin of Kherson said shelling there wounded seven people.

Further east, Governor Ivan Fedorov of Zaporizhia said Russian forces launched more than 700 attacks on 50 settlements in the past 24 hours, killing two people and injuring four. Fedorov added that homes, vehicles and infrastructure were damaged in the barrage.

Odesa port hit; civilian ship damaged

Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba said the strikes targeted port infrastructure in Odesa region and damaged warehouses, cargo storage tanks, technical equipment and administrative buildings. "The attack damaged port and logistics infrastructure facilities, warehouses, technical equipment, cargo storage tanks, administrative buildings, as well as freight transport," he wrote on Telegram.

Kuleba said a civilian vessel flying the flag of Palau was damaged while loading in Odesa port. He said no crew members were hurt.

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The damage was described as affecting both logistics facilities and freight transport, potentially complicating cargo operations.

Air defenses and drone tallies

Ukraine's air force said it shot down or disabled 124 of 144 drones launched by Russia overnight, with impacts recorded at 11 locations inside Ukraine. At the same time, Russia's Ministry of Defence said its air defenses destroyed 203 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the Black Sea during the same overnight period and that 95 Ukrainian drone control centres had been destroyed in the previous 24 hours.

Russian regional officials reported damage inside Russia as well. In Vologda region, Governor Georgy Filimonov said five people were injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on a nitrogen complex. In annexed Crimea, Governor Mikhail Razvozhayev said debris from downed drones struck the cardiology department of a hospital in Sevastopol and injured one person; he said 16 Ukrainian drones were shot down over the city and that drone debris fell on rail tracks, damaging overhead power lines and causing train delays.

Diplomacy amid the strikes

The attacks took place as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was in Baku, where he signed agreements on security and energy cooperation with Azerbaijan’s President Ilham Aliyev.

Zelenskyy told officials he wanted to share Ukraine’s experience in defending airspace and discussed the possibility of holding future talks between Kyiv and Moscow in Azerbaijan.

The diplomatic outreach shows Kyiv’s effort to broaden international support while fighting continued attacks at home, seeking practical cooperation on air-defense experience and keeping diplomatic channels open for possible negotiations.

What was hit and who’s affected

Reported targets included warehouses and cargo storage tanks, technical equipment and freight transport at Odesa. Local governors also reported damage to homes and civilian infrastructure in other regions hit by the strikes. The reported casualties were civilians, according to the regional statements cited above.

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Deputy Prime Minister Oleksii Kuleba said the Palau-flagged vessel was damaged while loading in Odesa port and that no crew members were injured.

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