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Two die at Moldovan border as Russia-Ukraine drone war rages

Five deaths are reported in Ukraine and four in Russia as both sides launch new drone strikes.

BBC World

Two people died when Russian drones hit a border crossing between Ukraine and Moldova, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.

The Starokozache crossing was shut after the overnight attack. Images from the scene show several burnt-out cars amid the debris.

In the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, a woman was killed and 14 people, including two children, were injured after a Russian drone hit a nine-storey residential house, officials say.

Moldova has increasingly found itself caught up in the conflict, with Prime Minister Vasile Tofan confirming that 17 drones struck Moldovan territory in August alone - more than during the whole of last year.