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drone strikes on a range of targets. For the [first time in nearly 20 years](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/29/russia-to-scale-back-victory-day-parade-as-ukraine-extends-its-drone-attacks) the event will take place without a display of tanks and ballistic missiles. Air defence systems have
targets but hits and falling debris damaged residential buildings, a hotel, a kindergarten and an administrative building. They also caused fires at several locations which were later extinguished. **Ukraine strikes inside Russia** Units of Ukraine
drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine, April 24 [Press service of the State Emergency Service of Ukraine in Odesa region/Handout via Reuters] The attacks come as a new series of [European Union-imposed sanctions](/news/2026/4/23/eu-formally-approves-90bn-euro-ukraine-loan-and-new-sanctions-on-russia) target
Ukraine's military has intensified its strikes on key energy facilities across Russia. Kyiv says they are legitimate targets, as they allow Russia to continue its war effort. In a separate development, one person
strikes against Russian oil infrastructure in April. Kyiv’s attacks have been “steadily increasing the range, volume, and intensity” with “outsized impacts on Russian oil exports”. Ukraine struck other oil and military targets during
targets across Ukraine overnight Russia has continued heavy attacks on Ukraine for the past 24 hours, with several coming overnight on Thursday and in the early hours of Friday. At least one person has been
strike loitering drones and reconnaissance targets. **Merops**: A US-developed, AI-guided, GPS-jam-resistant interceptor drone that has a higher development cost of about $15,000. **VB140 Flamingo**: Capable of operating at an altitude
strikes came soon after [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/volodymyr-zelenskiy) warned that Ukraine had practically run out of US-made Patriot air-defence missiles. Speaking last week, he said: “The situation is in such a deficit
targeting Russian cities, including Moscow, with long-range drones that cause limited damage but rattle public opinion. On Tuesday Kyiv also hit deep inside Russia, killing two people in Cheboksary, more than
Ukraine has developed an arsenal of long-range drones which are often able to hit targets many hundreds of miles from its borders. Such drones now routinely hit energy infrastructure and refineries across Russia with
target, using Ukraine-manufactured long-range drones. According to Zelensky, Russia is suffering "critical" losses running to billions of dollars in its energy sector despite the recent surge in global oil prices. Crude oil export
Ukraine, their role has expanded rapidly, with some brigades reporting that up to 70 percent of front-line supplies are now delivered by robotic systems rather than soldiers. These machines transport ammunition, food and medical
Ukraine’s Air Force tallied 619 Russian drones and 47 missiles launched during the attacks. Air defences shot down or suppressed 610 of them, it said. “Russia’s tactics remain unchanged – attack drones, cruise missiles
strikes in Ukraine **Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia “does not deserve any easing … or lifting on sanctions” after an overnight attack killed 16 and wounded 100 people in [Ukraine](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine).** He said
targets over the first 39 days of fighting with Iran, before a fragile ceasefire came into effect. For context, the US fired more Patriot missiles in the first four days of the Iran war than
targets and United States-brokered talks to end the Ukraine war have stalled. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his country’s forces also struck two shadow fleet tankers in waters at the entrance
Ukraine war, conflicts involving Gaza, India and Pakistan, and the recent US-Israeli strikes on Iran. At the centre of this shift is a surging global reliance on drone and missile technology as well
Ukraine in 2022, meaning the operational impact may be limited. More consequential, analysts say, could be a separate decision to cancel plans to station long-range weapons systems in Germany. On Monday, the German defence
drone attack at Chornobyl. In Iran, multiple nuclear sites have been repeatedly bombed. The International Atomic Energy Agency has also confirmed that US-Israeli strikes hit within 75 metres of the Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant
targeting the effectively blocked Strait of Hormuz. RAF planes have also taken part in missions to shoot down Iranian drones. But Starmer insists that greater involvement in the war and the current US blockade