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Reported Casualties by Region
Casualty count following the recent drone and aerial attacks.
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Ukraine hits Russia's distant gas facilities after Moscow's attacks kill 6
Ukraine has struck gas facilities in southwest Russia’s Orenburg region, more than 1,500km (932 miles) from the Ukrainian border, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.Zelenskyy said in his daily video address on Tuesday evening that the attack was a retaliation for Russia’s overnight attacks on Ukraine. “Ukraine has said that we will act symmetrically in response to Russia,” he said.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Russia and Ukraine accuse the other of ceasefire violationslist 2 of 3EU, UK sanction Russians over deportations of Ukrainian childrenlist 3 of 3Zelenskyy says Russia fired over 200 drones at Ukraine as truce expiresend of listEvgeny Solntsev, the governor of Orenburg – home to one of the world’s largest gasfields and containing industrial infrastructure considered vital to Russia’s military and economy – claimed that nine Ukrainian drones were repelled over the region.The fragments of the downed drones damaged a residential building, a nearby school and a kindergarten, without causing any injuries, he said.Ukraine’s latest attacks on Russia came hours after Moscow launched a series of overnight attacks on its neighbour, killing six people in the region of Dnipropetrovsk, as the three-day ceasefire brokered by United States President Donald Trump came to an end.The pause in hostilities coincided with Russia’s Victory Day celebrations, marking the Soviet defeat of Nazi Germany in the second world war. Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Kyiv had offered to extend the ceasefire, but Moscow refused.Zelenskyy said Ukraine had been attacked by more than 200 drones, which damaged energy facilities, apartment buildings, a kindergarten and a civilian train. He added that drones had been intercepted across six regions.On Tuesday, Russia tested its new nuclear-capable intercontinental missile, which President Vladimir Putin said would be deployed by the end of the year.Putin described the weapon as the “most powerful” nuclear missile in the world, saying it was capable of travelling more than 35,000 kilometres (21,748 miles).“It has the ability to penetrate all existing and future anti-missile defence systems,” he said in televised comments.Analysts have previously accused Putin of exaggerating Russia’s military capabilities.Peace talksOn Saturday, Putin suggested the war in Ukraine, which began more than four years ago, was nearing its end.The Kremlin reiterated that claim on Tuesday, with spokesperson Dmitry Peskov saying progress ma...
'One of the longest' Russian attacks kills at least six people in ...
Moscow says it intercepts and destroys 286 Ukrainian drones overnight.At least six people have been killed and dozens injured in “one of the longest, massive Russian attacks against Ukraine”, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, despite renewed claims from the Russian and United States presidents that the war may be nearing an end.Zelenskyy said the barrage began on Wednesday morning and lasted for hours, striking Kyiv, the western city of Lviv near the Polish border and the Black Sea port of Odesa, among other areas.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemslist 1 of 4France confines over 1,700 passengers on cruise ship over gastroenteritislist 2 of 4The Take: How US donor bodies were sold for Israeli military traininglist 3 of 4Reform UK leader Farage faces parliamentary probe over nearly $7m giftlist 4 of 4Photos: India’s salt workers brave brutal heat on Gujarat’s desert plainsend of list“Our soldiers are defending Ukraine, but Russia’s obvious goal is to overload air defences,” Zelenskyy said on Telegram, warning that cruise and ballistic missile strikes could follow the drone attacks.In the southern region of Kherson, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said a woman was killed when a Russian drone struck a bus in the town of Bilozerka.Another drone attack in the western region of Rivne killed three people and injured four, according to Governor Oleksandr Koval.In the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine, authorities said a 60-year-old man was killed when Russian forces attacked a community near the city of Zolochiv with first-person view drones. Police said two homes and several outbuildings were damaged.Farther south, Governor Ivan Fedorov said a 76-year-old man was killed in an attack on an agricultural enterprise in the region of Zaporizhia.“The Russians attacked the territory of one of the agricultural enterprises with a guided aerial bomb,” Fedorov wrote on Telegram. “The blast wave and debris damaged the buildings.”Fighting continues despite talk of peaceThe latest attacks were carried out as US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, suggested that the more than four-year war could be approaching an end.Trump said on Tuesday that he believed Moscow and Kyiv would “soon reach a deal” to end the fighting.“The end of the war in Ukraine I really think is getting very close,” Trump told reporters before departing the White House for a summit in Beijing. “Believe it or not, it’s getting closer.”Putin also said last we...
Ukraine news: Russia fires drones despite recent peace talks
Russia fired at least 800 drones in a massive daytime barrage on about 20 regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, including children, in one of the ...
Russia Fires About 800 Drones at Ukraine Despite Recent Talk by Putin ...
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia fired at least 800 drones in a massive daytime barrage on about 20 regions of Ukraine on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding dozens, including ...
