Russia and Ukraine exchange deadly overnight strikes

France24 · 🇫🇷 public France · Aug 09, 2026 · 64 words · By Video by Camille KNIGHT

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What to know about Russia and Ukraine exchange deadly overnight strikes

Russia and Ukraine exchanged another round of overnight strikes, killing civilians and injuring many others on both sides.

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What happened

Russia and Ukraine exchanged another round of overnight strikes, killing civilians and injuring many others on both sides.

Why it matters

In Russia’s border region of Belgorod, Ukrainian drone attacks killed five people and wounded around two dozen others.

Common ground

Meanwhile, Russian missiles struck a high-rise apartment building in Kharkiv, killing two people, and injured several more in the Black Sea port of Odesa.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “In Russia’s border region of Belgorod, Ukrainian drone attacks killed five people”

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The claim that a drone attack in Belgorod killed five people is directly supported by a web search result titled 'Belgorod Drone Attack: Russian Officials Confirm Five Dead'. While another source mentions two deaths, the specific figure of five is reported as confirmed by officials.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There have been attacks in mainland Russia as a result of the Russo-Ukrainian war since its invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. The main targets have been the military, the arms industry and the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attacks_in_Russia_during_the_R…

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Belgorod (Russian: Белгород, pronounced [ˈbʲelɡərət]) is a city that serves as the administrative center of Belgorod Oblast, Russia, located on the Seversky Donets River, approximately 40 kilometers (…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgorod

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This timeline of the Russo-Ukrainian war covers the period from 1 June 2026 to the present day.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_Russo-Ukrainia…

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Claim 2: “In Russia’s border region of Belgorod, Ukrainian drone attacks... wounded around two dozen others”

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The claim that around two dozen people were wounded is corroborated by the source 'Belgorod Drone Attack: Russian Officials Confirm Five Dead as...', which specifically states that 25 people were injured.

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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On 24 February 2022, during the Russo-Ukrainian war, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, starting the current phase of the war, the largest conflict in Europe since World War II. By Apri…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Russian_invasion_of_Ukrai…

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Claim 3: “Russia and Ukraine exchanged another round of overnight strikes”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about Russia's geography and history, but contains no specific reports of overnight strikes between Russia and Ukraine.

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia is generally considered a great power and wields significant regional influence, possessing the largest stockpile of nuclear weapons and having the third-highest military expenditure in the wor…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia retained its nuclear arsenal but lost its superpower status. Scrapping the central planning and state-ownership of property of the Soviet era in the 1990s, new leaders, led by President Vladimi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Russia

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web search NEUTRAL — Russia (Russian: Россия, romanized: Rossiya, [rɐˈsʲijə]), or the Russian Federation, [c][16] is a country spanning parts of Eastern Europe and North Asia. It has land from the Baltic Sea to the Bering…
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

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Claim 4: “Russian missiles struck a high-rise apartment building in Kharkiv, killing two people”

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Two independent web search results ('Russian Banderol missile hits apartment building in Kharkiv' and 'Russian Missiles Strike Kharkiv, Killing Two') both confirm that a Russian missile strike on a residential apartment building in Kharkiv killed two people (a man and a woman).

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web search NEUTRAL — Consequences of the Russian missile strike on the Nemyshlianskyi district of Kharkiv, July 8, 2026.Public broadcaster Suspilne reported from the scene that the two people killed in the strike were a m…
https://hromadske.ua/en/war/267258-rosiiany-vdaryly-po-zytlo…

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web search NEUTRAL — In Kharkiv yesterday, two people were injured as a result of Russian shelling. According to the region’s governor, the strikes affected Kharkiv and four settlements in Kharkiv Oblast. In Kharkiv, a 64…
https://mezha.net/eng/bukvy/russian-missile-strikes-injure-t…

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web search NEUTRAL — A residential apartment building in Kharkiv damaged after a Russian missile strike on July 8, 2026.Emergency officials identified the two people killed in the strike as a man and a woman, both believe…
https://www.kyivpost.com/post/79813

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Claim 5: “Russian missiles... injured several more in the Black Sea port of Odesa”

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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries about the Russian language and Russia's global status, with no mention of missile strikes or injuries in Odesa.

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian is written using the Russian alphabet of the Cyrillic script; it distinguishes between consonant phonemes with palatal secondary articulation and those without, the so-called "soft" and "hard"…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language

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web search NEUTRAL — Russian, like other Slavic languages, is an Indo-European language. Russian is one of the three main East Slavic languages; the others are Ukrainian and Belarusian. More people speak Russian than any …
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_language

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