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Russia launches drone attacks on Western Ukraine: buildings and vehicles damaged

The Russian forces launched Shahed drone attack against Ivano-Frankivsk and Chernivtsi oblasts overnight, the local governors Svitlana Onyshchuk and Ruslan Zaparanyuk reported on May 23.

23 May 2025, 09:58 AM

Ukraine: Putin’s ‘ceasefire’ kills, bombs still falling

Russian forces continued to bomb and shell Ukrainian settlements in the frontline Kharkiv, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Kherson oblasts on May 8 during the so-called “three-day ceasefire” unilaterally declared by Kremlin dictator Vladimir Putin, according to local authorities and the Ukrainian military.

9 May 2025, 11:54 AM

Moscow air travel collapse: Drones disrupt airports, strand thousands

Airlines in Russia are facing massive flight cancellations, rerouting, and merging amid drone attacks, causing disruptions and chaos at Moscow airports, the ASTRA Telegram channel reported on May 7, sharing numerous complaints from thousands of stranded passengers.

7 May 2025, 11:55 AM

Russia strikes Kramatorsk with seven morning attacks, killing one and wounding two

Russian forces launched seven strikes on the city of Kramatorsk in Donetsk Oblast early on May 6, killing one person and injuring two others, Oleksandr Honcharenko, head of the Kramatorsk city military administration, said on Facebook the same day.

6 May 2025, 02:20 PM

Russia pounds Ukraine's Chernihiv Oblast with rockets and drones

Russian forces continue to pummel Ukraine’s northern Chernihiv Oblast, striking 26 settlements over the past week with rockets, drones, and artillery, local governor Vyacheslav Chaus reported on April 21.

21 April 2025, 01:50 PM

Russian drone and missile barrage wakes Ukrainian cities at dawn

Russian forces carried out a series of drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities amid President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s proposal to halt long-range strikes on civilian infrastructure for at least 30 days after the so-called “Easter ceasefire,” regional authorities across the country reported early on April 21.

21 April 2025, 08:12 AM

Russian drones hit Odesa, residential building on fire

Russian drone attack targeted Odesa overnight, damaging civilian infrastructure, a residential house caught fire, local governor Oleh Kiper wrote on April 16.

16 April 2025, 07:58 AM

Russia shifts drone attack tactics on Ukrainian cities

Russian forces have recently changed their drone attack tactics and are now using a group of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to carry out concentrated strikes, Dmytro Chubenko, a spokesperson for the Kharkiv Oblast Prosecutor's Office, said on national television on April 3.

3 April 2025, 01:38 PM

Drones over bullets: Russia rewires its border war with Ukraine

Russian forces are now primarily targeting Ukraine’s border regions using various types of drones, according to Andrii Demchenko, spokesperson for Ukraine’s State Border Guard Service.

31 March 2025, 11:07 AM

Russia hits multiple Ukrainian oblasts; injuries reported in Kherson, Zaporizhzhya, Poltava

Russia launched another wave of drone attacks across Ukraine, prompting air raid alerts in Kyiv and several other oblasts, local authorities wrote on March 25.

25 March 2025, 08:16 AM

Ukrainian Air Force takes down key Russian command center near frontlines

Ukraine’s Air Force struck a residential building near the village of Kopani in Zaporizhzhya Oblast on Feb. 25, which Russian forces had been using as a command and observation post and a launch site for drones, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported on Feb. 27.

27 February 2025, 06:45 PM

Drone barrage hits 17 Russian oil facilities in 2025, disrupting key infrastructure – Russian media

Drones attacked at least 17 oil facilities in the aggressor state Russia during the first two months of 2025, Russian Telegram channel ASTRA reported.

18 February 2025, 10:30 AM

Drone terror in Kherson to persist until front line shifts – governor

Russian drone attacks will continue until the front line moves at least 20 km from Kherson, Kherson regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin told Radio Liberty on Feb. 11.

11 February 2025, 12:53 PM

Ukrainian soldier with a feline friend on the Zaporizhzhia frontline

NV English publishes the photo of the week from the trenches in the Zaporizhzhia region.

23 January 2025, 03:05 PM

Russia’s strategic oil facility erased from Yandex maps

Russia's search engine Yandex has been ordered by a court to remove maps and edit images of workshops, compressor stations, tank farms, and other elements of a major oil refinery from Yandex Maps due to drone attacks, the TASS propaganda agency reported on Jan. 3.

3 January 2025, 02:28 PM

Hundreds of mobile fire groups protect Ukraine’s critical infrastructure — National Guard

More than 900 mobile groups are actively protecting critical infrastructure from Russian attacks, National Guard Commander Oleksandr Pivnenko said in an interview with Interfax-Ukraine on Dec. 27.

27 December 2024, 02:18 PM

Russian airbase targeted in Ryazan Oblast, no casualties reported

Explosions shook the Dyagilevo area of Ryazan Oblast, home to a local military airbase, Russian Telegram channel Astra wrote early on Dec. 4.

4 December 2024, 08:02 AM

Kyiv endures 2,500+ Russian missiles and drones attacks in 1,000 days of war

Russia has launched more than 2,500 missiles and drones of various types at Kyiv over 1000 days of war, the capital's military administration head Serhiy Popko wrote on Nov. 19.

19 November 2024, 01:55 PM

Ukrainian insurer debuts high-value property war cover

ARX Insurance Company has begun offering property war risk coverage of up to UAH 100 million ($2.5 million) in Ukraine, according to its website.

14 November 2024, 11:10 AM

Putin ceases regular Sochi flights due to drone attack fears

Russian dictator Vladimir Putin has halted flights to Sochi due to fears for his safety following drone attacks on facilities in the city, the Russian publication Agency reported, citing sources on Oct. 7.

7 October 2024, 04:02 PM

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