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Ukrainian forces launch two overnight attacks on Belgorod — governor
Alexander Shuvayev says a fire at an infrastructure facility was reported
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Syrian Arab News Agency
· Jul 12, 2026
Russia and Ukraine exchange strikes on ports, energy facilities as war intensifies
Moscow/Kyiv, July 12 (SANA) Russia and Ukraine launched fresh waves of drone and missile attacks overnight, targeting ports, energy infrastructure and military-related facilities, as both sides stepped up long-range strikes in the latest escalation of the war. Ukraine said it had struck Russian vessels and an oil refinery, while Russia reported attacks on port infrastructure []
Associated Press
· Jul 6, 2026
At least 10 killed as Ukraine capital hit by Russian missiles and drones
The attack on Kyiv which was still underway early Monday morning, involved waves of ballistic and cruise missiles as well as drones. Monday's attack comes days after a combined Russian attack killed at least 31 people in Kyiv last week. (AP video shot by Dan Bashakov) #ukraine #russiaukrainewar #news #russia Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more: https://apnews.com This video may be available for archive licensing via https://newsroom.ap.org/home
Our News Bahamas
· Jun 26, 2026
Ukraine Unleashes One of Its Heaviest Drone Bombardments of Russia
UKRAINE - Ukraine launched a major night-time attack on a dozen Russian regions, Russian-held Crimea and the surrounding seas, in what appeared to be one of Kyiv's biggest drone assaults since the Kremlin's full-scale invasion more than four years ago.
Fark
· Jun 21, 2026
Day 1,579 of WW3: Russia launched a series of attacks on multiple Ukrainian regions on Saturday. Guided aerial bombs struck civilian infrastructure in Zaporizhzhia and Sumy. This is your Sunday Ukraine conversation [News]
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Kyiv Post
· Jul 5, 2026
War Update: 295 Combat Clashes on Frontline Over Past Day
On July 4, Ukrainian Defense Forces recorded 295 combat clashes along the frontline. Russian forces launched intense bombardments, deploying over 8,700 kamikaze drones and 252 guided aerial bombs. The heaviest ground assaults occurred in the Huliaipole (38 attacks), Pokrovsk (31 attacks), and Sloviansk (25 attacks) directions. Ukrainian aviation and artillery responded by striking multiple Russian command posts and troop concentrations.
The Moscow Times
· Jun 20, 2026
Russian Strike Kills 1, Wounds 9 in Kharkiv
The attack came two day after Ukraine launched its largest drone attack of the war against Moscow.
TASS
· Jun 21, 2026
Investigative Committee opens case on Ukraine's terrorist attack on Kerch Peninsula
The reason was a large-scale attack by Ukrainian armed groups on civilian infrastructure facilities
NBC News
· Jul 6, 2026
Deadly Russian strikes hit Kyiv on eve of Trump trip to NATO summit
The attack, which Ukraine’s president had warned of hours earlier, comes days after a combined Russian assault killed at least 31 people in Kyiv.
RTÉ News
· Jul 2, 2026
'Massive' Russian strike on Kyiv kills 17, injures dozens
The overnight Russian attack on Kyiv that killed at least 17 people was the biggest unleashed in Moscow's more than four-year-long invasion, the city's mayor has said.
Euromaidan Press
· Jun 27, 2026
Russian drone and missile strikes hit farms, Naftogaz facilities, and Sumy in 24-hour assault across Ukraine
Cluster warheads, FPV drones, Herberia strikes: Russia targets Ukrainian farms and energy infrastructure in 24-hour wave
The Daily Beast
· Jun 26, 2026
Putin, 73, Humiliated in Colossal Attack on Moscow
Ramil Sitdikov/Pool/ReutersVladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, which he expected to end in a swift victory, has suffered one of its biggest setbacks in four years after Kyiv launched its largest drone attack yet across a dozen Russian regions.On Friday, Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed its air defense systems intercepted and destroyed 660 Ukrainian drones overnight. The attacks prompted authorities in Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula controlled by Russia, to declare a state of emergency.The barrage is the latest in a series of long-range Ukrainian strikes this month that have pushed the war deeper into Russian territory, raising the stakes for Moscow and bringing the conflict home to civilians far from the front lines.Read more at The Daily Beast.
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.
NaturalNews.com
· Jun 21, 2026
Drone Strike on Moscow Refinery Causes “Oil Rain” in Russian Capital
(NaturalNews) Ukraine launched what Russian officials described as the largest drone attack on Moscow since the start of the full-scale war on Thursday, June 18 �...
Tampa Free Press
· Jul 6, 2026
363 Down, But Not Enough: Zelenskyy Pleads For Patriots After Deadly Ballistic Blitz
A massive, multi-pronged Russian air assault ripped through Ukraine overnight on July 6, triggering a direct appeal from President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for Western allies to urgently ship more Patriot air defense missiles. The combined strike, which utilized sea, land, and air-launched missiles alongside waves of attack drones, targeted 34 locations across the country, with the [] 363 Down, But Not Enough: Zelenskyy Pleads For Patriots After Deadly Ballistic Blitz
Ukrainska Pravda
· Jul 9, 2026
Battlefield sees 268 combat clashes over past day, most on Pokrovsk front
A total of 268 combat clashes were recorded along the line of contact on 8 July. Russian forces launched the highest number of attacks on the Pokrovsk front, where Ukraine’s defence forces repelled 38 assaults.
Intel Slava
· Jun 26, 2026
[Photo] 🇷🇺❌🇺🇦 — Russian Defence Ministry daily briefing, Top News Today.160 Russian serviceme [...]
— Russian Defence Ministry daily briefing, Top News Today.160 Russian servicemen returned from Kiev-controlled territory in a prisoner exchange.Overnight high-precision strike hit a military recruitment center and weapons storage in Kiev, and a refinery in Kremenchug, Poltava region.In Konstantinovka, Russian forces liberated 763 buildings between June 20–26, continuing to clear Ukrainian groups in the southwest.In Krasny Liman, assault units captured 50 strongholds and liberated 327 buildings over the same period.Russian Aerospace Forces launched a series of FAB-500 aerial bomb raids on Ukrainian positions across the operation zone.@IntelSlava
CityNews Montreal
· Jul 2, 2026
Russian attack on Ukraine shakes Kyiv for hours
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine’s capital with missiles and drones overnight into Thursday with the intense strikes causing loud explosions and shaking Kyiv for hours. Residential buildings were damaged in the attacks that killed one person and injured numerous people, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the Kyiv City Military [] The post Russian attack on Ukraine shakes Kyiv for hours appeared first on CityNews Montreal.
The Bell
· Jun 22, 2026
Could Russia go nuclear as Moscow hit and Crimea in crisis?
Ukraine’s drone raid on Moscow and its strike on the Moscow Oil Refinery was the most spectacular attack on the Russian capital since the start of the war — the culmination of months of intensifying retaliatory barrages by Kyiv’s army.
Al-Monitor
· Jul 6, 2026
Second Russian attack on Kyiv in less than a week kills 11, wrecks apartments
By Valentyn Ogirenko and Vladyslav SmilianetsKYIV, July 6 (Reuters) - Russian missiles and drones struck Kyiv early on Monday, killing at least 11 people and heavily damaging apartment blocks, officials said, in an attack just a few days after the deadliest assault on the Ukrainian capital this year.The bombardment also comes ahead of a NATO summit in Turkey this week, where U.S. President Donald Trump will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy to make a renewed push to end the war, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.
NPR News
· Jun 26, 2026
Ukraine unleashes one of its heaviest drone bombardments, as Russia strikes Ukraine
Ukraine launched a major nighttime attack on a dozen Russian regions, Russian-held Crimea and the surrounding seas, and Russia attacked various regions of Ukraine, as their war grinds on.
Latestly.com
· Jul 2, 2026
Russia-Ukraine War: Russian Missile and Drone Strike Collapses Kyiv Apartment Building (Watch Videos)
A massive overnight Russian missile and drone barrage struck Ukraine’s capital early Thursday morning, causing the partial collapse of a nine-story residential building and leaving civilians trapped beneath the rubble. Emergency crews launched immediate search-and-rescue operations following the direct hit in the Desnyanskyi district.
Sputnik
· Jul 6, 2026
Zelensky's Pre-NATO Summit Drone Offensive Failed - Russian MoD
A large-scale attack on Russian territory allegedly planned by Volodymyr Zelensky ahead of the NATO summit this week was thwarted by the professional actions of Russia's Armed Forces, with the overwhelming majority of Ukrainian drones shot down or neutralized, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
AzerNews
· Jul 6, 2026
Shadow over Ukraine: Why Kremlin escalates ahead of NATO Summit
The timing is difficult to dismiss as a coincidence. As NATO leaders prepare to gather in Türkiye to discuss the future of European security, Russia has launched one of its fiercest waves of attacks against Ukraine in recent months.
South China Morning Post
· Jun 26, 2026
Russia reports one of biggest Ukrainian drone attacks, including on Crimea
Russian air defences intercepted 660 Ukrainian drones in a major night-time attack on 12 Russian regions as well as the Russia-held Crimean peninsula, the Black Sea and the Azov Sea, Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Friday. It appeared to be one of the biggest drone attacks on Russia and the illegally annexed Crimea since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine more than four years ago. The previous biggest Ukrainian attack over the past year was 556 drones on May 17. In an effort to turn the...
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
The Kyiv Independent
· Jul 6, 2026
Ukraine reportedly strikes Russian oil refinery in Yaroslavl
Ukraine's military carried out an attack on the Russian city of Yaroslavl overnight on July 6, reportedly striking the city's oil refinery, Russian Telegram media channels reported.
Nepal News
· Jul 13, 2026
रुसमा युक्रेनी ड्रोन आक्रमणमा चार जनाको मृत्यु, सात घाइते
मस्को। रुसमा सोमबार भएको युक्रेनी ड्रोन आक्रमणमा परी चार जनाको मृत्यु भएको छ भने सात जना घाइते भएका छन्। स्थानीय अधिकारीका अनुसार आक्रमणका अधिकांश घटना मस्को क्षेत्र आसपास केन्द्रित थिए। क्रेमलिनको निरन्तर आक्रमणको जवाफस्वरूप युक्रेनले रुसमाथिका ड्रोन आक्रमण तीव्र बनाएको छ। किएभले रुसी ऊर्जा संरचना तथा अन्य रणनीतिक क्षेत्रमा गरिएका आक्रमणलाई आफ्नो प्रतिरक्षात्मक कदमका रूपमा []
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