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Ukraine drone strikes hit Russian oil port and refinery as overnight attacks kill four civilians

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  1. France to accelerate air interceptor missile deliveries to Ukraine after deadly Russian drone strike

  2. Russian strikes kill at least two in Ukraine as Zelensky condemns shopping center attack

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  3. Russia launches overnight drone barrage on Ukraine as Kyiv strikes Crimea power plant

  4. Russia strikes Kyiv childrens hospital, kills at least 16 as drones breach Romania and Moldova airspace

  5. Russian missile and drone strikes kill at least 12 in Kyiv, damage hospital and homes

  6. Ukraine launches large drone attack on Moscow as Russia strikes Kharkiv killing 10

  7. Ukraine launches large-scale drone attack on Moscow, injuring three and damaging warehouse

  8. Russia strikes Ukraine ports, damages civilian ship in Odesa as Kyiv hits Crimea drone sites

  9. Ukraine strikes deep into Russia killing six as EU prepares largest sanctions package since war began

  10. Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Moscow as Russian strikes kill five in Ukraine

  11. Ukraine launches massive drone attack on Moscow region, igniting fires at warehouses and killing one

  12. Ukraine hits Russian rocket plant in Samara and airbase in Nizhny Novgorod with long-range missiles

  13. Ukraine downs 127 Russian drones in overnight assault as NATO jets intercept drone over Latvia

  14. Ukraine drone strikes hit Russian oil port and refinery as overnight attacks kill four civilians

  15. Russia launches North Korean-supplied missiles in overnight strike on Zaporizhzhia, killing civilians

  16. Ukraine drone strike sets ablaze Wildberries logistics hub in Russias Voronezh region

  17. Russian ballistic missiles kill five in Zaporizhzhia, strike Kyiv as Ukraine warns of North Korean arms for Russia

  18. Ukraine and Russia trade deadly strikes as Moscow pounds Kyiv and Odesa, killing at least 13

  19. Russian strikes kill at least 13 in Ukraine as Zelensky warns of winter power crisis

  20. Russian strikes kill child and three others in Kyiv as Ukraine hits refineries in Russia

  21. Ukraine downs 114 Russian drones as strikes hit refineries, Black Sea vessels and Kyiv warehouses

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  22. Ukraine strikes two Russian oil refineries as Moscow kills 17 in Kyiv-area attacks

  23. Russian missile and drone strikes kill at least 15 in Kyiv region, injure dozens

  24. Ukrainian drone strike kills five at Wildberries warehouse near Moscow as attacks on retailer widen

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Russian drone and missile strikes killed at least four civilians and injured dozens more across Ukraine overnight, while Ukrainian drones targeted a major Russian oil port and refinery, officials said on Friday.

In eastern Ukraine, a Russian aerial bomb struck a residential area in Kramatorsk, killing one person and injuring 17, according to the Donetsk regional prosecutor’s office, which opened a war crimes investigation. In Sumy region, two drones hit a family home in Burynska, killing a 29-year-old woman and her 9-year-old son and wounding four other relatives, military governor Oleh Hrihorov said. Five more were injured when a drone struck a nine-story apartment building in Smila, Cherkasy region, military governor Ihor Taburets reported.

Ukraine’s air force command said Russia launched 112 attack and reconnaissance drones, along with glide bombs, at targets across the country. Air defenses downed 90 drones in the northern, southern and eastern regions, with 11 strikes recorded and debris falls reported at six other sites .

Power outages were reported in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Sumy regions due to Russian drone attacks and artillery shelling, national grid operator Ukrenergo said on Facebook. Emergency repairs were underway where security conditions allowed, and the company urged consumers to shift high electricity use to 10:00–17:00, when solar plants operate most efficiently .

Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones struck Russia’s Ust-Luga port in Leningrad Oblast, damaging port infrastructure and sparking a fire, regional Governor Alexander Drozdenko said. Authorities claimed 51 drones were downed over the region, which hosts one of Russia’s largest Baltic Sea oil terminals . Separately, the Orsk oil refinery in Orenburg Oblast has “completely” halted processing after a recent Ukrainian drone strike, with repairs expected to take months, according to the regional governor .

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission reported at least 437 civilians were killed and 2,610 injured by Russian attacks in Ukraine in July, with children among the victims .

Ukraine has proposed a truce with Russia to halt attacks on civilian targets in the Black Sea, a source told Japan Today, amid mounting strikes on vessels and ports .

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ukrpravda · about 1 month ago

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