• President Zelensky reported multiple deaths and injuries in Russian drone and missile strikes across Ukraine, including two killed in Odesa and two killed in the Zaporizhzhya region.
• Russia deployed over 130 drones and eight missiles overnight, causing damage to residential buildings and civilian infrastructure in various regions of Ukraine.
• Ukraine's drone forces reported strikes on 12 Russian ships in the Black Sea, bringing the total number of ships attacked since July 6 to 159, with the goal of disrupting logistics without causing oil spills.

Several people have been killed and injured in Russian drone and missile strikes across Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday.

"In Odesa, two people were killed as a result of Russia's overnight missile strike on a residential building," Zelensky posted on the social media platform X. Five others were injured.

Two people were also killed and five more injured in an airstrike on the Zaporizhzhya region in the south, he said.

In total, Russia deployed more than 130 drones and eight missiles overnight, Zelensky said.

Russia used 15 glide bombs on the Sumy region in the north-east, leaving one person injured. Residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure were damaged, he said.

Ukrainian drone forces: 12 Russian ships hit

Meanwhile, the head of Ukraine's drone forces, Robert Brovdi, reported strikes on a further 12 Russian ships in the Black Sea. Nine cargo vessels, a tanker, a gas transport ship and a tugboat were hit, he said.

The total number of ships attacked since July 6 has risen to 159 - in the Black Sea and the connected Sea of Azov, he said. These figures cannot be independently verified.

"The fleet hunt continues," Brovdi said in a statement on Telegram. He said the campaign aims to disrupt the logistics of oil, fuel and cargo shipments used to circumvent sanctions while disabling the vessels.

"It is not the goal to pollute the waters with oil slicks, so no holes in the hulls," Brovdi said.