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Ukraine, Russia exchange drone attacks, killing dozens in Russia-held areas

Local residents leave a destroyed residential building after a missile attack in Lugansk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, June 7, 2024. [AFP]

Ukraine and Russia exchanged airstrikes early Saturday with Russia suffering casualties as Ukraine's drone attacks on the Russian-held Kherson and Luhansk regions left at least 28 people dead and 60 wounded. Russian airstrikes in eastern Ukraine damaged only buildings and power lines.

The attacks were reported by Russian state news Tass and Ukrainian officials respectively.

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