The Kremlin said Kyiv had “attempted a large-scale attack” on a refinery south of Moscow early on Thursday. According to Russia’s defence ministry, four missiles and dozens of drones were intercepted and the falling debris caused a fire at the site in Ryazan. Zelensky said dozens of Ukrainian cities had come under Russian attack in
A key energy facility and a residential building in the outskirts of Kyiv have been hit by overnight Russian missile and drone strikes. In the capital, at least three people were killed and 21 injured, Ukraine’s state emergencies service DSNS said. At least 600,000 people across the country are without electricity after strikes hit critical
At least 600,000 people across Ukraine are now without electricity after deadly overnight Russian missile and drone strikes, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. He said “critical” energy infrastructure had been hit in Kyiv and the capital region and also in the north-eastern city of Kharkiv – despite a claim by US President Donald Trump on
A key energy facility supplying Kyiv with heating and electricity has been hit in a Russian ballistic missile attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said. Darnytska CHP-4, or CHPP-4, and a residential building were hit in a strike the president said came with “no early warning from our partners”. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said one
Claims that Ukrainian strikes on Russian data centres reduced Kremlin-linked bot networks have spread widely online, but experts have told BBC Verify there is no evidence the attacks have significantly reduced them. Viral social media posts have claimed there has been a significant drop in influence operations in recent days, with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
A UN report has concluded that recent US airstrikes on vessels allegedly trafficking drugs breached international law and could constitute crimes against humanity. The report by Special Rapporteur Ben Saul said since September last year there had been at least 68 US strikes in the Caribbean and Pacific, outside US territorial waters, which killed more
