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drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine. Photograph: Gleb Garanich/Reuters Ukraine
Ukraine attacks Russia with drones after suffering three days of strikes Ukraine has launched a large
drone strikes. Ukraine’s strikes are part of a strategy of depriving Russia of windfall
drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Odesa, Ukraine in this handout picture
drone strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, near the city of Chornomorsk, Odesa region
strikes on Russia as Putin proposes brief ceasefire Ukrainian drones have again hit oil infrastructure in the city of Perm in central Russia, more than 1,500km from the front line. Ukraine
drones for launch at Russia. Ukraine has been intensifying its deep strikes like this for several
Ukraine and Russia have attacked each other overnight, with Ukrainian drones striking Russian assets in Black
strike after Russia's air attack in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine, Tuesday, May 5, 2026. **Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP** Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine's 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP KYIV, Ukraine — Russian drone
strikes on a city oil refinery. Russia's military said 556 drones were intercepted. In Ukraine
Russia strikes Ukraine’s Odesa port, kills railway worker in Zaporizhia Russian drones have attacked
Ukraine has intensified its long-range retaliatory strikes on Russia’s interior, hitting oil refineries, terminals and even fighter jets. Drones
Ukraine has in recent weeks stepped up deep-strike drone attacks on Russia, successfully targeting
Russia targeted [Ukraine](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine) with more than 200 drones in a large-scale daytime assault on Wednesday, hours after a previous barrage of civilian areas had killed at least eight people. The strikes
Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine – much less [a drone strike](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/07/russian-drone-strike-caused-tens-of-millions-worth-of-damage-to-chornobyl) on the facility
drone strike in Sumy. Photograph: Reuters The latest strikes on Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia showed that Russia rejects peace, Ukraine
Russia has carried out its deadliest attack against [Ukraine](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine) this year, killing at least 17 people, and injuring more than 100, in a wave of drone and missile strikes
strike by [Ukraine](https://www.theguardian.com/world/ukraine) on Russia’s regions, including Moscow, Russian authorities have said. The wave of almost 600 Ukrainian drones
drones and 56 missiles into Ukraine on Wednesday and Thursday. Much of the onslaught was aimed at the capital Kyiv, days after Russia threatened to do so only if Ukraine attacked its [Victory Day](/news/2026/5/9/russia-holds-downsized-victory-day
Russia launched a barrage of missiles and drones targeting Ukraine’s capital Kyiv, killing at least three people and wounding 40 others, Ukrainian authorities have said. The Ukrainian military said on Thursday that the overnight