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June 3, 2026 3:55 PM

Russia accuses Ukraine of killing eight civilians in drone strike on a passenger bus

Russia on Wednesday accused Ukraine of killing eight civilians and of wounding 11 more in a drone attack on a passenger bus travelling in a Russian-controlled part of the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. Denis Pushilin, the Russian-installed head of the region, said the Ukrainian drone had struck the bus when it stopped to pick up passengers in the settlement of Yenakiievo in Donetsk, along its route from Moscow to Simferopol in Russia-controlled Crimea. Kyiv's forces, he said in a statement...

June 1, 2026 3:50 PM

Ukraine attacks Russian energy sites – What has been hit?

Kyiv has stepped up attacks on Russian energy facilities in recent months as peace talks to end the Ukraine war have failed to produce progress. Following is a summary of the attacks - in chronological order with the most recent first - and their impact: YAROSLAVL Ukrainian forces attacked a Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl, some 700 km (435 miles) from the Ukrainian border, on May 25, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. The refinery has processing capacity of 15 million metric tons...

May 18, 2026 10:29 AM

Ukraine drones kill four in Russia, Moscow faces biggest attack in over a year

At least four people were killed, including three in the Moscow region, after Ukraine launched its biggest overnight drone attack on the Russian capital in more than a year, local officials said on Sunday. A fourth person was killed in the Belgorod region bordering northeastern Ukraine, local authorities said, while Russia's defence ministry said that by midday more than 1,000 Ukrainian drones had been downed over the country in the past 24 hours. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy had vo...

May 14, 2026 2:34 PM

Russia unleashes heaviest wartime drone assault on Ukraine, hits Kyiv

Russia unleashed the largest aerial attack on Ukraine over a two-day period since the war began, pounding the capital Kyiv and other cities across the country with hundreds of drones, Ukrainian officials said on Thursday. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Russia had launched more than 1,560 drones since the start of Wednesday. Overnight on Thursday, Moscow fired more than 670 attack drones and 56 missiles against Ukraine, he said. Air defence units shot down 41 missiles and 652 drones ove...

May 13, 2026 5:22 PM

Kremlin says Russia can do business with US if it stops linking trade to Ukraine

Russia is interested in joint economic projects with the United States if Washington stops linking trade ties with a peace deal on Ukraine, the Kremlin said on Wednesday. In his daily briefing call with reporters, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov also reiterated tough terms for ending the war, which President Vladimir Putin set out nearly two years ago and Ukraine has emphatically rejected. Both Russian and U.S. companies could potentially profit from a number of joint investment and economic p...

May 13, 2026 9:17 AM

Kremlin, Trump say Ukraine war nearly over after Zelenskiy casts doubt

The Kremlin repeated Russian President Vladimir Putin's assertion that the war in Ukraine was almost over on Tuesday and U.S. President Donald Trump said the war's conclusion was "very close," perspectives not shared by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, who said Moscow had no intention of ending it. "I think that the matter is coming to an end," Putin told reporters on Saturday. Asked to comment on Putin's remarks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that a certain amount of...

May 11, 2026 3:59 PM

Zelenskiy says some 20 countries interested in drone deals with Ukraine

Nearly 20 countries are interested in drone deals with Ukraine and four agreements have already been signed, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Monday. Since the outbreak of the Iran war in late February, Zelenskiy has managed to leverage Ukraine's expertise in drone warfare into a series of successful diplomatic deals during visits to the Middle East and Europe. "Nearly 20 countries are currently involved at various stages: 4 agreements have already been signed, and the first con...

May 7, 2026 9:32 AM

Zelenskiy accuses Russia of spurning ceasefire proposed by Kyiv

Ukraine accused Russia of flouting a Kyiv-proposed ceasefire on Wednesday by carrying out dozens of battlefield assaults, air strikes and drone attacks in what President Volodymyr Zelenskiy described as Moscow's "obvious spurning" of peace. Zelenskiy had floated the cessation, starting on May 6, in response to Russian leader Vladimir Putin's own proposed ceasefire from May 8 to 9 to coincide with its World War Two victory commemorations. In a statement, Zelenskiy said Russia - which did not co...

May 4, 2026 3:57 PM

Russian missile attack kills five in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, officials say

A Russian missile attack on the town of Merefa, in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, killed five people and wounded several others, Ukrainian officials said on Monday. Regional governor Oleh Syniehubovsaid that at least 10 houses, an administrative building, four shops, a car repair workshop and a food establishment were damaged in the attack. "Today during the day, the occupiers attacked civilian infrastructure of a town quite far from the front with a missile," he said on Telegram. He ...

May 4, 2026 10:28 AM

Ukrainian drones hit Russia’s Primorsk port, oil tankers and military ships

Ukraine launched a wave of drone attacks on targets across Russia on Sunday, hitting the Baltic Sea port of Primorsk and setting it on fire, and striking a number of vessels, as it steps up attacks on energy infrastructure and other targets. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said the strikes had caused significant damage to the oil terminal port. Theyalso hit an oil tanker, a small RussianKarakurt-class missile ship and a patrol boat in the Baltic Sea, he saidon Telegram. "Each such resu...