Russia and Ukraine exchange overnight strikes, resulting in casualties and infrastructure damage.

Russia and Ukraine exchanged significant overnight strikes. Ukrainian drones killed five people and injured two dozen others, including a four-year-old boy, in Russia's Belgorod region. Concurrently, Russian missiles struck Ukraine's Kharkiv, killing two and injuring 13, and also hit Odesa, injuring eight and damaging the power grid and port. Russia's defense ministry claimed to have shot down 153 Ukrainian drones. Separately, Ukrainian drones successfully struck a Russian S-400 "Triumph" anti-aircraft missile launch pad in Russia's Krasnodar region on the night of August 8, hours after it had fired missiles at Ukraine.