Russian drone attacks kill nine in Ukraine after ceasefire expires

In the southern Astrakhan region, overnight drone debris triggered a fire at a gas processing plant in the regional capital. Local officials said two industrial facilities were damaged during Ukrainian overnight attacks in the Krasnodar region and in the city of Yaroslval, northeast of Moscow.

Wednesday morning, President Volodymyr Zelensky said more than 100 Russian drones were over Ukraine, warning of more waves of attacks throughout the day. Ukraine's air force reported that Russia launched 139 drones in the past 24 hours, with 111 projectiles shot down or intercepted and 20 direct hits in 13 locations. Zelensky also noted that 14 Ukrainian regions were attacked on Tuesday and there were additional overnight attacks, accusing Russia of purposely targeting railway infrastructure and other civilian facilities.

In the central Dnipropetrovsk region, eight people were killed and 11 injured throughout Tuesday; one casualty was reported in the eastern Donetsk region. Overall, 14 Ukrainian regions were attacked. In Kryvyi Rih (President Zelensky's hometown), two people were killed, and in the Synelnykove district southeast of Dnipro, six people were killed. More than two dozen houses were damaged. In the north-eastern Kharkiv region, five people were injured and a number of residential houses were damaged. Attacks were also reported in the southern Odesa, Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions, as well as in Poltava.

The three-day US-brokered ceasefire expired late on Monday, May 11, 2026. During the truce period, both Russia and Ukraine reported multiple violations along the front, but no major aerial attacks were recorded.