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Russia and Ukraine trade attacks, killing 10, including child in Chernihiv | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russia and Ukraine trade attacks, killing 10, including child in Chernihiv | Russia-Ukraine war News

Kyiv says Russian strikes killed six, including a child at a supermarket, as Moscow says Ukrainian strikes killed four. Published On 27 Jul 202627 Jul 2026 Russian forces have killed at least six people in Ukraine, according to officials, after launching ballistic missile attacks on the capital, Kyiv, and strikes on other regions, including a supermarket in the northern city of Chernihiv. The attacks on Sunday came as Russian officials said that Moscow-occupied areas of Ukraine had also come under fire, with four people killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the occupied city of Horlivka. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Ukraine’s air ⁠force said Russia had launched seven ballistic missiles and 136 drones at Ukraine overnight. Kyiv, Chernihiv, Zaporizhzhia and Kharkiv cities were all hit. In northern Chernihiv, officials said a Russian drone hit a supermarket, killing two people, including a nine-year-old girl, and wounding 25 others. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the attack as a “deeply cynical drone strike on an ordinary supermarket”. In the eastern city of Kharkiv, one …

Ukraine’s new military chief pledges to escalate retaliation against Russia | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine’s new military chief pledges to escalate retaliation against Russia | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is due to meet US counterpart Marco Rubio, but progress towards peace unlikely. Published On 22 Jul 202622 Jul 2026 Ukraine’s new military chief has announced plans to expand offensive operations against Russia, including missions behind enemy lines, after being appointed by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Mykhailo Drapatyi, named commander of Ukraine’s armed forces on Wednesday, said the military would “continue and intensify offensive operations in all domains” as Kyiv seeks to pressure Russian forces. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list “Difficult work lies ahead, so we will proceed without loud promises, with responsibility for our decisions and respect for the people who are holding the front line and helping Ukraine endure,” Drapatyi said in a post on Facebook. Drapatyi’s appointment comes as Ukraine gains some momentum on the front lines – it claims to have recaptured 700 square km (270 square miles) of ⁠its territory this year – and as both sides intensify air strikes against the other’s vital infrastructure. On Wednesday, Ukrainian strikes hit warehouses in southern …

Huge fire at Ukraine shopping centre after Russian drone strike | Russia-Ukraine war

Huge fire at Ukraine shopping centre after Russian drone strike | Russia-Ukraine war

NewsFeed A fire engulfed a shopping centre in Ukraine’s Sumy after Russian drone strikes hit the building. Ukrainian authorities say emergency crews were forced to suspend their response because drones remained overhead, raising fears of further attacks. Published On 21 Jul 202621 Jul 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Zaporizhzhia’s mayor says Russian advance reaches city’s outskirts | Russia-Ukraine war News

Zaporizhzhia’s mayor says Russian advance reaches city’s outskirts | Russia-Ukraine war News

NewsFeed Emergency crews are searching for survivors after a Russian air strike on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least one person and injured 29, including two children. The city’s mayor says Russian troops have advanced to just over 20 kilometres away. Published On 11 Jul 202611 Jul 2026 Click here to share on social media share-nodes Share googleAdd Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Source link

Ukraine hits oil and military facilities near Russia’s St Petersburg | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine hits oil and military facilities near Russia’s St Petersburg | Russia-Ukraine war News

A wave of Ukrainian long-range drones has struck the St Petersburg region overnight, hitting an oil terminal and a Baltic Sea port in one of the largest deep-strike operations against President Vladimir Putin’s home city. Leningrad region Governor Alexander Drozdenko said air defences shot down 72 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) over the region on Saturday. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukrainian forces had struck oil infrastructure funding Russia’s war effort and also hit the Kronstadt naval base in St Petersburg, calling it “an important military target”. The operation, conducted approximately 900km (560 miles) from Ukrainian-held territory, triggered widespread local disruptions. “Zelensky’s attempt to cause damage to civilian targets in the Russian Federation will not go unanswered by the armed forces of Russia,” Moscow’s defence ministry said in a statement on Saturday, adding that Russian defences had downed more than 500 aerial targets, mostly drones but also 10 Flamingo missiles. Russian authorities briefly halted flight operations at Pulkovo Airport and throttled municipal mobile internet networks to jam the drones’ …

Russian attacks kill three in Ukraine as Kyiv hits another oil refinery | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russian attacks kill three in Ukraine as Kyiv hits another oil refinery | Russia-Ukraine war News

President Zelenskyy says Ukraine is expanding its long-range drone campaign with new strikes deep inside Russia. Published On 1 Jul 20261 Jul 2026 Overnight Russian attacks have killed at least three people and injured more than a dozen in southeastern Ukraine as Kyiv has struck a Russian oil refinery more than 1,300km (800 miles) from the front line. Russia attacked the Dnipropetrovsk region with drones early on Wednesday, damaging five petrol stations and killing a woman, Governor Oleksandr Hanzha said. A separate attack late on Tuesday in Zaporizhzhia, the capital of the neighbouring Zaporizhia region, killed two people, Ukrainian media reported. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a statement that Ukraine targeted an oil refinery in Ufa in southern Russia and what he described as a strategic facility of Russia’s military-industrial complex in the Penza region. “This is an entirely just response to everything Russia is doing against us. Peace is needed, and this is exactly what Russia’s leadership must realize,” he wrote in a post on X. …

Zelenskyy and top Ukrainian officials return Polish awards in WWII dispute | Russia-Ukraine war News

Zelenskyy and top Ukrainian officials return Polish awards in WWII dispute | Russia-Ukraine war News

The move comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was stripped of Poland’s top honour. Published On 20 Jun 202620 Jun 2026 Ukraine’s president ⁠and his top officials are returning Polish awards, in a spiralling dispute with key ally Poland over World War II massacres. Volodymyr ⁠Zelenskyy said on Saturday that he had returned a ⁠state decoration a day after Poland’s ⁠president said he would strip him of the award. Zelenskyy angered many in Poland by naming a military unit after a Ukrainian paramilitary organisation accused of massacring Poles during World War II. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list “We believed that the Order of the ⁠White Eagle, awarded ⁠in 2023, was meant for the Ukrainian People and ⁠our army. That ⁠is what was said ⁠at the time,” the Ukrainian leader wrote on X. “Today, I ‌sent the Order back to the President of ‌Poland.” Earlier on Saturday, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, Kyrylo Budanov; Ukraine’s ambassador to Warsaw, Vasyl Bodnar; and Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said they would relinquish awards bestowed by Poland. “Our …

Putin admits Ukraine attacks hitting Russian economy, society | Russia-Ukraine war News

Putin admits Ukraine attacks hitting Russian economy, society | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine has increasingly targeted Russian refineries, depots and pipelines, as well as fuel supplies in Crimea. By AFP, Reuters and The Associated Press Published On 12 Jun 202612 Jun 2026 President Vladimir Putin has acknowledged that the recent surge in Ukrainian attacks is inflicting damage on the Russian economy and society. Putin’s remarks on Friday followed weeks of intensifying Ukrainian strikes on Russian infrastructure, including a Kyiv-claimed attack on a key oil refinery in Russia’s Nizhnekamsk the previous night. However, the Kremlin chief insisted that the surge in strikes will not succeed in creating division and that the economy will quickly bounce back. Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of list Ukraine’s attacks, which have hit refineries, depots and pipelines deep into Russia – all vital to the country’s lucrative oil and gas exports – appear to be exacting a growing toll as the war drags on and Moscow’s advances on the front line in eastern Ukraine slow. Putin declared confidence that the onslaught would not affect Moscow’s determination to continue with its invasion of …

NATO jets shoot down drone over Latvia, extending Ukraine spillover fears | Russia-Ukraine war News

NATO jets shoot down drone over Latvia, extending Ukraine spillover fears | Russia-Ukraine war News

The drone entered Latvian airspace due to ‘Russian electronic warfare’, the military says. Published On 8 Jun 20268 Jun 2026 NATO fighters have scrambled to shoot down a drone that entered Latvian airspace from Russia. The Latvian military said on Monday that French aircraft had destroyed “a foreign unmanned aerial vehicle that had entered Latvian airspace as a result of Russian electronic warfare”, without saying where the drone originated. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list The incident adds a growing list of incursions from the Russia-Ukraine war into neighbouring countries that are part of the NATO alliance, sparking fears of escalating spillover effects as Moscow’s siege on Ukraine continues apace. “Thank you to our French allies for shooting down the drone that penetrated Latvian airspace!” Riga’s Foreign Minister Baiba Braze wrote on social media. Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs heralded the “swift decision-making and professional action”. Defence Minister Raivis Melnis told reporters the drone was shot down just after 9am local time (07:00 GMT) near the village of Berzgale, located about 30km (18 …

Russian drone attack damages site near Chornobyl nuclear plant | Russia-Ukraine war News

Russian drone attack damages site near Chornobyl nuclear plant | Russia-Ukraine war News

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemns ‘extremely vile’ attack that did not lead to spike in radiation. Published On 7 Jun 20267 Jun 2026 Russian forces have targeted a storage facility ⁠for spent nuclear ⁠fuel near Ukraine’s Chornobyl power plant, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The attack on Sunday significantly damaged a fuel-reception building metres away from where “large amounts of nuclear ⁠material” is stored, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), which said it had been briefed by Ukraine. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list Russia has regularly attacked Ukrainian cities and infrastructure with drones and missiles since its full-scale invasion of the country in 2022. In February 2025, Russia allegedly used a Shahed drone to damage a containment arch over the Chornobyl reactor that was destroyed in the ‌April 1986 explosion and meltdown. Zelenskyy called Sunday’s attack “extremely vile”, accusing Russia of using a Shahed attack drone. “As of now, there are no readings exceeding normal background radiation levels. But there is ⁠certainly an increase in Russia’s brazenness, which long ago went …