An oil refinery in Russia is on fire after new attacks, Russian and Ukrainian media outlets report. Another facility has also been damaged and operations have been temporarily halted.
WorldUkrainian forces have liberated 26 villages from Russian control in three Ukrainian regions in an offensive, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. “Thanks to the active operations of our troops, significant losses were inflicted on the occupying forces,” he wrote in a post on X on Wednesday.
ConflictsUkraine is reported to have attacked an oil refinery in Tuapse, Russia, and two Russian ships off the coast of Crimea.
WorldA man was killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia's Krasnodar region, the local governor said on Thursday.
ConflictsSeveral high-rise buildings with civilian housing have been bombed in Russian attacks on Kiev in the middle of the night. Several deaths are reported. On the other side of the border, Russian authorities are alarmed by unusually large and deadly attacks.
ConflictsUkrainian forces are being pressed increasingly hard by the Russians in Kursk, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyj. The situation in the Kursk region is obviously very difficult, he says.
WorldUkraine's military says it has hit one of Russia's largest ammunition depots. It is one of several successful attacks on Russian weapons depots in recent times.
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