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Ukrainian state broadcaster Suspilne that a [Russian kamikaze drone](/news/2022/10/17/what-are-kamikaze-drones-and-how-did-they-get-to-ukraine) made a direct hit on the cathedral’s roof, engulfing roughly 800sq metres (8,600sq ft) in flames. The [Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra](/news/2023/3/30/church-accused-of-russia-ties-resists-kyiv-monastery-eviction), or Monastery
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
Russia’s foremost national celebration – has [already been scaled back and will proceed without heavy military hardware](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/zelenskyy-russia-parade-truce-poltava-attack) for the first time in nearly two decades, amid fears of long-range Ukrainian drone
Ukrainian drones from their targets in Russia”. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has offered to send experts to Latvia to help protect the skies. Sprūds’s sacking prompted nine of his fellow Progressive party members
attacks had killed at least three people, and that close to 150 combat engagements had occurred on the front lines in the previous 24 hours, despite the three-day pause in fighting. “In other words
Russia's "shadow fleet" - a term that refers to hundreds of tankers transporting Moscow's oil and gas to bypass Western sanctions imposed after its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Greece
Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Ceasefire negotiations have stalled in recent months, since the Iran war began and previous peace talks in Geneva, Abu Dhabi and Istanbul failed
Ukrainian president, [Volodymyr Zelenskyy](https://www.theguardian.com/world/volodymyr-zelenskiy), wrote in a statement on social media. “There must be a just response to all these strikes,” he added, saying he had ordered Ukraine’s armed forces
Russia, as [BBC Verify has reported previously](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-66373052). Ukraine has loaded them with explosives to launch [attacks on Russian military ships](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-68292319), but they haven't been known to conduct rescue
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: > *“**Russia is betting
attacks during its declared ceasefire. “If the Kyiv regime attempts to implement its criminal plans to disrupt the celebration of the 81st anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Russian Armed Forces will
Russia has repeatedly launched drones and missiles along flight paths near the Chornobyl nuclear plant, raising the risk of another disaster. On the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, one of the world’s most
Ukrainian drones [hit the Syzran oil refinery](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/22/ukraine-war-briefing-oil-plant-strikes-all-going-to-plan-says-zelenskyy) more than 800km inside Russia, setting it on fire, Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Thursday. ## In depth: A thorny, unsolved question cracks the coalition  Smoke rises from a fire during the Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv. Photograph: Chris McGrath/Getty
drone strikes on Kyiv. Explosions were heard across the city and its surrounding areas overnight into Sunday. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said "it was a terrible night", with damage reported in all of the capital
Russia hits central Ukraine The Russian army attacked three districts of the Dnipropetrovsk region in central Ukraine “almost 20 times” with drones and artillery, the head of the Regional Military Administration (OVA), Oleksandr Ganzha, wrote
drone strikes every single day leading up to it. **Russia could cease fire at any moment, and this would stop the war and our responses.** Peace is needed, and real steps are needed to achieve
Ukrainian border region of Sumy. The head of Sumy’s regional military administration, Oleh Hryhorov, said on Telegram the strikes “deliberately aimed at residential buildings” caused large-scale fires and “a 60-year-old resident
drone activity and civilian casualties on both sides. The Kremlin said there were no plans to prolong the truce. The warring sides also agreed to swap 1,000 prisoners each during the truce. Putin said
drones and those with maritime capabilities, with many produced by UK-based companies. Delivery of the "cutting-edge battlefield technology" started this month, the MoD said. "Ukrainians continue to fight with huge courage and nothing