At least three people, including a child, were killed in overnight Russian ballistic missile strikes east of Kyiv on Saturday, according to Timur Tkachenko, the head of the regional military administration. Three others were wounded. Witnesses across the capital reported hearing powerful explosions in the early hours. Tkachenko said falling debris damaged apartment buildings and…
Ukraine launched a wave of overnight drone strikes deep inside Russian territory, hitting two major oil refineries and targeting vessels in the Black Sea. President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the strikes on Thursday, identifying the Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Russia’s Bashkortostan republic and the Slavneft-Yanos refinery in the Yaroslavl region as the primary targets. Bashneft-Novoil sits approximately…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has released video footage showing a Russian drone pursuing a civilian in the southern Kherson region, describing the incident as a “human safari” attack. The footage shows a street vendor attempting to escape after noticing a drone hovering overhead. As the man runs around a white van, the drone continues to…
Ukraine launched fresh drone strikes on facilities linked to Russia’s largest online retailer, Wildberries, overnight on Monday, as at least five people were killed at an industrial site near Moscow. Russian officials said another 10 people were injured in the attack, which occurred about 69 kilometres south of the Kremlin. While authorities did not officially…
At least seven people, including three children, were killed after a drone struck a crowded beach near the Black Sea resort of Gelendzhik on Tuesday, Russian authorities said. More than 40 others were injured in what is believed to be one of the deadliest attacks on a civilian leisure area since the war began. The…
At least nine people were killed and 23 others injured after Russia launched a fresh wave of ballistic missile strikes on Ukraine early Saturday, according to Ukrainian officials. The attacks targeted Kyiv, where emergency responders battled fires and searched damaged residential buildings for survivors. Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said the deadliest strike hit the Darnytskyi…
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said an object that crashed in eastern Poland during Russia’s latest overnight assault on Ukraine was most likely a Russian cruise missile. The missile landed near the village of Tarnawa Kolonia, about 100 kilometres from the Ukrainian border. Having left a crater measuring approximately 10 metres wide. Speaking after…
At least eight people, including two children, have been killed after Russia launched overnight missile and drone attacks across multiple regions of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials. The strikes came after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that intelligence indicated Russia was preparing a “massive attack” and urged residents to respond immediately to air raid alerts. Ukraine’s…
Russia has charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism, accusing the messaging platform of allowing Ukrainian intelligence services to use the app for recruitment and the coordination of sabotage operations. The country’s Federal Security Service (FSB) alleged that Telegram was used to “prepare and co-ordinate acts of sabotage and terror” inside Russia and claimed…
Ukrainian drones have struck two more logistics hubs belonging to Russia’s largest online retailer, Wildberries, injuring 15 people in what marks the second attack on the company within four days. The overnight strikes targeted warehouses in Krasnodar and Nevinnomyssk, forcing workers to evacuate as fires engulfed parts of both facilities. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said…
