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since total casualties averaged 34,833. That would suggest recent advances in Ukrainian tactics. Zelenskyy recently said Ukraine aimed to double down on mid-range attacks in the Russian rear, striking supplies before they
drones since the ceasefire began at midnight local time (21:00 GMT Thursday). Ukraine also said Russia had continued to strike its positions since that time. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a ceasefire
strikes on trucks, including 30 tankers, since the start of May and that the campaign had become more intense this month. The operation is having tangible effects on Crimea. The peninsula is strategically important
since midnight yesterday, Russia has used more than 1,560 drones against our cities and communities. These are definitely not the actions of those who believe the war is coming to an end,” he wrote
May. Shortly after that, Russian strikes on Kyiv killed 24 people, including three children, in a block of flats. The city then suffered one of the biggest aerial assaults of the war overnight on Saturday
strikes and drone attacks. The ONS collected its March data in the middle of the month, a few weeks into the war. Motor fuel increased by 8.7% month-on-month, the largest increase since June
drones can now regularly reach deep into Russian territory is difficult to conceal, and has been a cause for concern for Moscow. Earlier this month a number of strikes were carried out on oil infrastructure
numbers roughly to levels last seen before Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, meaning the operational impact may be limited. More consequential, analysts say, could be a separate decision to cancel plans
drone attacks on his own capital. Putin has survived dangerous moments before, but with the Russian economy stuttering, his popularity is waning – not only with the public but also with the elites who have underpinned
number of ballistic missiles were launched into Ukraine on May 9, and another 27 drones on May 10. It was not until May 11 that Ukraine had a day of peace. Moscow justified these attacks
Since coming to power in 2000, Putin has overseen efforts to upgrade the Soviet-built components of the Russian nuclear triad — deploying hundreds of new, land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles, commissioning new nuclear submarines
number of hits on enemy targets at a distance of over 50km (30 miles) from the (frontline) has doubled,” he said, comparing May to April. Syrskii put the May total at almost 2,000 strikes
drone strike on 14 May. Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters At least 24 people, including three children, were [reported killed in yesterday’s Russian attacks on Kyiv](https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/15/russian-attack-kyiv-ukraine-europe-live-updates-latest?page=with%3Ablock-6a06cc078f08f817fdb23e86#block-6a06cc078f08f817fdb23e86), Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said
drone attacks. The RAC motoring group has warned that prices at the pump could keep rising if there is no resolution to the conflict. Crude oil is a key ingredient in petrol and diesel, which
Since 2019, the US president has been flirting with the idea of [obtaining Greenland](/news/2026/5/18/not-for-sale-greenland-premier-tells-us-envoy). His remarks about his desire for the [island](/news/2026/1/21/greenlands-strategic-position-in-seven-maps-why-trump-wants-the-island), a self-governing territory which is part of the Kingdom
may have been even worse than March, according to some reports. Russian business newspaper Kommersant reported that exports had declined to “their lowest levels since the summer of 2024”. “By the end of the month
since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. And now it's done so again: playing a deft hand at trying to turn the impact of the Iran war to its advantage, as Ukraine tries
strikes on Iran. At the centre of this shift is a surging global reliance on drone and missile technology as well as advanced air defence systems. Turkiye, one of the largest military powers
strikes on Lebanon, which have killed more than 1,300 people, and its invasion of southern Lebanon. Opinion polls in the US and Europe say the war is deeply unpopular. But widespread anger against
number. It means that they are not winning the war,” he points out. Ukraine has lost service personnel too on a lesser scale. Moscow’s war may look stuck, but its destruction continues