Seven people were killed and more than 50 were injured in Ukraine overnight after Russian missiles and drones targeted communities across the eastern half of the country.

Officials say a Russian drone has blasted a hole in an apartment building in northeastern Ukraine during a nighttime attack that killed at least six people and wounded nine others.

Recent social media videos show Ukrainian forces using drones similar to IEDs. The drones sit next to roads and then strike Russian military vehicles when they pass.

A Russian drone struck a multi-storey apartment building in the northeastern Ukrainian city of Sumy early on Thursday, killing nine people and injuring 13, including a child, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.

Videos showed fireballs over a facility in Ryazan, 110 miles southeast of Moscow. Kyiv is seeking to disrupt Russian military logistics and put pressure on the country’s economy by striking its oil industry.

Ukrainian forces have launched new drone strikes on Russia, targeting an oil depot in the southern Krasnodar region.

Russia launched 65 attack drones and other types of drones at Ukraine. Ukrainian air defense forces destroyed 37 drones. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian army launched drones from 3 directions: Orel,