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attack, the hospital and residential buildings suffered significant damage, and a fire broke out in the reserve.” Two people were wounded, he added. Al Jazeera’s Audrey Macalpine, reporting from Kyiv
attacks, with the Russian military regularly reporting that most of the projectiles are being shot down. Ukraine has also significantly increased its strikes on key energy facilities deep inside Russia. Kyiv
significant damage and production losses. This was a combined strike involving UAVs (unmanned aerial vehicles) and ballistic missiles,” said Koretskyi. He added that the attack cut gas supply to nearly 3,500 customers. Ukrainian President
Kyiv cede before it considers ending its war. Meanwhile, the two sides continue to carry out strikes against each other, with Ukraine making significant inroads in [destroying Russian energy infrastructure](/features/2026/4/24/russian-oil-exports-slump-as-ukraine-hammers-ports-and-refineries) in recent weeks
attacks. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said an oil terminal in northwest Russia had been significantly damaged, while two Russian oil tankers were struck near the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk. There
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
significant amount of ballistics. “Most of the targets are ordinary infrastructure in cities. Residential buildings, energy, and enterprises have been damaged.” Ukraine carried out some of its longest-distance drone strikes deep inside Russian territory
significant oil spills. On local Telegram chat groups, people shared photos of oil slicks in the sea, black puddles on the road and stray animals covered in oily droplets. Despite Moscow's downplaying
significant secular holiday. Putin, in power for more than a quarter-century, has regularly used Victory Day to showcase the country’s military might and rally support for his war in Ukraine
significance of the drone's discovery on Saturday, saying: "Because we know what it is and what it contains, we have nothing to envy." He said that the Greek government was implementing policies that meant
Kyiv to observe a ceasefire tied to a Russian military holiday. Speaking during a visit to Armenia, Zelenskyy said Moscow feared that “drones may buzz over Red Square.” Security in the Russian capital has been
significant accident, according to Ukraine’s top state prosecutor. This comes as Ukraine prepares to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1986 Chornobyl disaster on Sunday. Prosecutor General Ruslan Kravchenko said 35 Kinzhals – Russian
KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seeking details of a short-term ceasefire Russia proposed to U.S. President Donald Trump, he said in a post on Telegram on Thursday. Russian President Vladimir Putin proposed
attacked him in public, famously called the Ukrainian leader “the greatest salesman on Earth”. A much more sympathetic voice, New York Times columnist David French, has recently portrayed Zelenskyy as “the new leader of free