Ukrainian officials reported that one man was killed and five others injured in Russian attacks on the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.

Mykhailo Semikin, head of the regional military administration, said the strikes targeted residential areas, with a child among those wounded.

In western Ukraine, another man was killed in the Ivano-Frankivsk region, according to regional administration chief Svitlana Onyshchuk.

Russian forces also struck warehouse facilities in the Bucha district near Kyiv, injuring three people. Ukraine’s Interior Ministry said emergency workers were searching through the rubble for a woman believed to be trapped.

The latest attacks come amid an intensifying aerial campaign between Russia and Ukraine, more than four and a half years after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion.

While ground forces remain largely deadlocked along the front line, both countries have increasingly relied on long-range drones and missiles to strike targets deep inside each other’s territory.

Over the past three days, Russian attacks involving ballistic missiles and jet-powered drones have caused significant civilian casualties across Ukraine.

On Thursday, a Russian guided bomb exploded near buses carrying passengers in eastern Ukraine, killing 30 people.

A day earlier, a Russian missile strike on the northern Ukrainian town of Pryluky killed 22 people, including five children.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has warned that Russia could intensify its daily attacks as winter approaches, placing additional pressure on the country’s energy infrastructure and already struggling economy.

Recent Russian strikes have targeted electricity systems, industrial facilities, railways, telecommunications networks, postal services, shopping centers, fuel stations and infrastructure supporting grain exports.

Zelenskyy has renewed his appeal to NATO allies for additional military assistance, particularly advanced air defense systems and ammunition capable of intercepting Russian missiles and drones.

In a statement Thursday, the Ukrainian president stressed that international support must translate into practical military assistance.

“It is important that support in words takes concrete form in new packages for Ukraine’s defense,” Zelenskyy said.

He specifically called for additional anti-ballistic missile capabilities, ammunition for Ukrainian combat aircraft and investments in interceptor technology.

Ukraine continues to face shortages of ammunition for its U.S.-supplied Patriot air defense systems, which are essential for countering Russian ballistic missiles.

Kyiv is also working to develop faster interceptor drones capable of destroying Russia’s increasingly sophisticated jet-powered unmanned aircraft.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian strikes inside Russia have also caused casualties and damaged infrastructure.

Authorities in Russia’s Belgorod region reported that two people were killed and 12 others wounded in Ukrainian attacks on Friday.

In the Kaluga region, Russian technology company Yandex confirmed that a Ukrainian drone strike damaged one of its data centers, completely disabling several operational modules.

The company said the incident followed another drone attack Thursday that knocked a Yandex data center in the Ryazan region offline.

Kaluga Governor Vladislav Shapsha reported that nine people were wounded in drone attacks across the region.

Elsewhere, Tver regional Governor Vitaly Korolyov said a Ukrainian drone strike sparked a fire at a factory in Redkino, although no casualties were reported.

Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 505 Ukrainian drones between late Thursday and early Friday. The figure could not be independently verified.

The latest developments underscore the escalating use of long-range aerial attacks by both sides, with civilian casualties mounting and critical infrastructure increasingly exposed.

As winter approaches, Ukrainian authorities face growing pressure to strengthen air defenses and protect essential services, while diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the conflict remain stalled.