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A fighter from the Rostov region was killed in a military operation.
Alexander Grutsynov was killed in a military operation in Ukraine. Since its beginning, at least 941 fighters from the Rostov region have been officially recognized as killed.
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Al Jazeera English
· Jul 4, 2026
Russia claims it captured the strategic key Ukrainian city of Kostiantynivka
Russian forces have claimed capture of Kostiantynivka in eastern Ukraine's Donetsk region after roughly a nine-month battle. The city sits within Ukraine's "fortress belt," a defensive network of cities forming Donbas's main defensive line. Ukrainian officials denied the city fell. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on X : https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ Download AJE Mobile App: https://aje.news/AJEMobile
Intel Slava
· Jul 5, 2026
🇷🇺❌🇺🇦— NOW: Russian drones striking targets in Kiev.
— NOW: Russian drones striking targets in Kiev.
Ukrainska Pravda
· Jul 10, 2026
Russia hits residential building in Donetsk Oblast: two bodies retrieved from rubble – photos
Russian forces attacked the settlement of Shabelkivka in the Kramatorsk hromada in Donetsk Oblast on the night of 9-10 July, destroying a residential building under the rubble of which people were killed. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.]
Kyiv Post
· Jul 3, 2026
Russia Strikes Zaporizhzhia Enterprise with Guided Bombs, 2 Dead
Russian armed forces carried out multiple attacks on Zaporizhzhia on Friday, striking an industrial enterprise with guided bombs and injuring civilians across various locations in the city. At least two men were killed and 17 people were injured, including an 11-year-old child, according to regional authorities. Two women were also hurt in an earlier, separate daytime attack on a city street. Authorities said the toll remained preliminary as emergency services continue assessing the damage.
DawnNews English
· Jul 2, 2026
Kyiv Hit by Russian Missile Barrage in Overnight Attack | Russia-Ukraine War | Dawn News English
Russian forces attacked the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight, killing at least eight people and injuring over three dozen, as drones and missiles struck residential buildings and started a fire in a hotel on a central boulevard. #ukraine #russia #kyiv #ukrainewar #zelensky #breakingnews #worldnews #europe --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dawn News English is your window into the latest news, insight, and features from South Asia and beyond. Website: www.dawn.com Official Facebook:https://www.facebook.com/dawnnewsenglish Official Twitter: https://x.com/dawnnewsenglish Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dawnnewsenglish #news #latestnews #dawnnewsenglish #dawnnews
Yemen News Agency - SABA
· Jun 21, 2026
Russian Defense Ministry: Targeting Ukrainian Command Centers with Airstrikes
Russian Defense Ministry: Targeting Ukrainian Command Centers with Airstrikes
Caucasian Knot
· Jul 2, 2026
The name of the soldier from Adygea killed in Ukraine has been revealed.
Yuri Maslov from the Teuchezhsky district was killed in combat. Since the beginning of the Russian operation in Ukraine, authorities have publicly acknowledged at least 140 servicemen from Adygea as killed there.
BRICS News
· Jul 4, 2026
JUST IN: 🇺🇦🇷🇺 Ukrainian attack drones strike Russia's St.
JUST IN: Ukrainian attack drones strike Russia's St. Petersburg oil terminal.@BRICSNews
Modern Diplomacy
· Jun 29, 2026
Russia Targets Ukraine’s Fortress Belt in Major Offensive
Russia is slowly advancing into Kostiantynivka, a strategic city in Ukraine, while its progress along the broader 1,200-km front has mostly stalled. Fighting has started in the city, with Russian soldiers trying to infiltrate its outskirts, indicating that close-quarters combat may soon occur. Kostiantynivka is vital as it forms part of Ukraine’s defensive line in [] The post Russia Targets Ukraine’s Fortress Belt in Major Offensive appeared first on Modern Diplomacy.
TASS
· Jun 26, 2026
Ukrainian forces attack civilians in Konstantinovka with drones on evacuation route
The assault unit’s commander reported that the Russian forces continue to clear Konstantinovka in small groups, using FPV drones and fiber-optic UAVs to engage targets in hard-to-reach areas
Reuters
· Jun 22, 2026
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT - Deadly Russian strikes hit Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia with drones
A Russian drone attack on the southeastern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia overnight killed one woman and wounded three others, regional authorities said on early June 22 https://reut.rs/4uNBZNS #News #Russia #Ukraine #Zaporizhzhia #Reuters #Newsfeed Read the story here: https://reut.rs/4uNBZNS 👉 Subscribe: https://reut.rs/4b8fRGn Keep up with the latest news from around the world: https://www.reuters.com/ Follow Reuters on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on X: https://twitter.com/Reuters Follow Reuters on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/reuters/?hl=en
Nepal News
· Jul 2, 2026
युक्रेनमा रूसी आक्रमण जारी पछिल्लो आक्रमणमा आठ जनाको मृत्यु
युक्रेन। रूसी पक्षले बिहीबार गरेको मिसाइल तथा ड्रोन आक्रमणका कारण किएभमा कम्तिमा आठ जनाको मृत्यु हुनुका साथै दर्जनौं घाइते भएको युक्रनी राष्ट्रपति भोलोदिमिर जेलेन्स्कीले बताएका छन्। उनका अनुसार मस्कोले “ठूलो आक्रमण“ को तयारी गरिरहेको चेतावनी दिए पछि यो आक्रमण भएको थियो। युक्रेनको वायुसेनाले ब्यालेस्टिक मिसाइलहरू राजधानीतर्फ गइरहेको चेतावनी दिए पछि तथा जेलेन्स्कीले डब्लिनको भ्रमण छोटो []
Defence Blog
· Jul 8, 2026
Ukraine downs a Russian fighter jet, Moscow’s bloggers say pilot survived
Ukraine’s Air Force says it shot down another Russian fighter jet, announcing the kill in a brief statement that leaned more on bravado than battlefield detail. “Good news from the Air Force! Today we subtracted another Russian air terrorist! Glory to Ukraine! More to come!” the Air Force said in its official statement. The claim []
Al Bawaba
· Jul 7, 2026
Ukraine strikes Russia's largest oil refinery deep in Siberia
ALBAWABA - The Ukrainian military announced that it had targeted Russia's largest oil refinery [Omsk refinery] in Siberia with drones, in what is considered the longest-range attack since the start of the war...
Meduza.io
· Jun 22, 2026
Photos and videos from Voronezh, where Ukraine attacked a factory that supplies electronics for Russia’s cruise missiles
On the afternoon of June 22, Ukraine’s armed forces launched a missile strike on Voronezh. Alexander Gusev, the governor of the Voronezh region, said that Russian air-defense forces had shot down “several high-speed aerial targets” over the city. The attack damaged “the production facilities of one of Voronezh’s enterprises,” the facades of several apartment buildings, and vehicles, Gusev said. The governor initially said three people had been wounded; he later said five people had been killed. Open-source intelligence analysts said the target of the Ukrainian strike was the main building of the Sborka semiconductor device plant. Ukraine’s General Staff confirmed the attack on the plant. According to Ukrainian and Western officials, the facility manufactures electronics for Iskander missiles, Kh-101 missiles, and Pantsir-S1 air-defense missile systems. Eyewitness photos and videos showed a fire at Sborka, with a column of black smoke visible over the city.
Euromaidan Press
· Jul 4, 2026
Ukrainian drone reached Russia’s MiG-29 at Belbek. HUR says it burned jet and crew servicing it (VIDEO)
Ukraine's HUR military intelligence destroyed a Russian MiG-29 fighter at Belbek airfield in occupied Crimea.
Sputnik
· Jun 26, 2026
Russia Pulverizes Key Ukrainian Targets: Recruitment Hub, Arms Depot, and Refinery
MOSCOW (Sputnik) - Russian forces also hammered a territorial recruitment center and weapons storage facilities in Kiev, in addition to an oil refinery in Kremenchug, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday
NaturalNews.com
· Jun 23, 2026
Russian Tu-160 bombers complete 16-hour Arctic patrol shadowed by NATO jets
(NaturalNews) Tu-160 Blackjack bombers completed a 16-hour patrol over the Barents and Norwegian Seas. Norwegian F-35 fighter jets intercepted the Russian bo...
Washington Examiner
· Jul 6, 2026
UK fighter jets escort Russian aircraft away from carrier strike group: ‘Unsafe and unprofessional’
U.K. fighter jets intercepted and escorted a Russian aircraft away from a carrier strike group after it repeatedly flew close. On Monday, a Russian Tu-142 “Bear-F” maritime patrol craft, derived from the famous Tu-95 bomber, made repeated close passes at the strike group. During these passes, it dropped several sonobuoys, a listening device used to []
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