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Overnight on Aug. 27, Russia launched one of the most massive strikes of the war, hitting at least nine Ukrainian cities. There are dead and wounded, with residential buildings, schools and energy facilities damaged.

A second strike with guided bombs in two days destroyed all the equipment still standing at Kherson's thermal power plant. Authorities are urging residents, especially families with children and the elderly, to leave the city ahead of the heating season.

Ukrainian drones struck logistics complexes belonging to Russian marketplace Ozon in Ufa and Orenburg overnight on Aug. 27, while smoke rose over the Bashneft-Ufaneftekhim refinery. The campaign against Russian warehouses is now more than a month old.

President Zelensky traveled to Chisinau for Moldova's 35th Independence Day and held trilateral talks with Maia Sandu and Nicușor Dan — just hours after five Russian drones violated the country's airspace.

Russia launched one of its largest aerial assaults of the war — 258 drones and missiles in a single night. Ukraine's air defense intercepted 233 of them, rescuers cleared the aftermath fast, and the grid operator says no blackouts are planned.

Overnight into August 25, Russia struck four Ukrainian cities at once — Kyiv, Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipro. One person was killed in Kharkiv, and residential buildings were damaged in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia.

Ukrainian drones struck the Afipsky refinery in Krasnodar region and a plant in Rostov region overnight — two people were killed at Afipsky as the refinery caught fire once again.

A Russian drone attack on a Ukrainian Red Cross Society warehouse in Kherson burned through nearly ₴28 million in humanitarian supplies — stock the organization had set aside for the coming winter.

Kyiv hosted the Sixth Summit of First Ladies and Gentlemen on Independence Day, with Olena Zelenska bringing together counterparts from Lithuania, Estonia, Finland, Serbia, Romania and Slovenia around the theme of resilience.

Around Ukraine's Independence Day, ten servicemen long listed as missing in action came home through Belarus in a special exchange stage — two had been unaccounted for since 2024, the rest since 2025.

Russia launched a mass missile and drone attack overnight into Ukraine's Independence Day, killing 8 and wounding 43, with Odesa hit hardest.

Ukrainian drones struck 66 targets deep in Russia overnight: a MiG-29, three Ozon warehouses, and two shadow fleet vessels.

On Independence Day, foreign leaders gathered in Kyiv while the EU approved €7 billion in defense loans for Ukraine.

UK PM Andy Burnham announced in Kyiv that Britain will declassify Scalp missile data so Ukraine can assemble the missiles domestically.

On Ukraine's 35th Independence Day, President Zelensky declared the country a fighter, not a victim, and said it won't capitulate for peace.

Russian attacks killed at least 5 and injured 44 people across Ukraine over the past day, and on the morning of Aug. 23 a drone struck a passenger train in Odesa Oblast — all passengers were evacuated in time.

On Aug. 22, Ukraine's Defense Forces destroyed a Russian Su-24M at Saky airfield in occupied Crimea, struck the Yeysk oil terminal in Russia, and knocked out drone-relay stations in Bryansk.

On Aug. 24, Ukraine's Independence Day, Kyiv will host a Coalition of the Willing summit gathering leaders from more than 30 countries, in person and by videolink.

On Aug. 22, President Zelensky met former U.S. envoy Keith Kellogg in Kyiv to discuss Ukraine's critical shortage of Patriot air-defense interceptors ahead of winter.

On Aug. 22, two children and a young woman returned home under the Bring Kids Back UA initiative, and a father who was himself a Russian POW was reunited with his son and daughter.

Kyiv observed a Day of Mourning on August 21 for the victims of a massive Russian attack. After a second wave of strikes that morning, the death toll rose to 18, and rescuers finished clearing rubble in the Solomianskyi district.

On the morning of August 21, Ukrainian drones struck the Lukoil-Permnefteorgsintez oil refinery in Perm — one of Russia's largest refineries, some 1,500 kilometers from the Ukrainian border. It is the second strike on the plant in a month.

Over the past 24 hours, Russian forces carried out 1,069 strikes across 51 settlements in Zaporizhzhia region. Four people were wounded and dozens of homes and infrastructure sites damaged.

On August 20, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed several sanctions packages — against former MP Yurii Ivanyushchenko, the creators of the cartoon "Masha and the Bear," and dozens of companies tied to Russia's defense industry.

Four girls and two boys aged 10 to 17 have crossed back onto Ukrainian-controlled territory from the temporarily occupied part of Kherson region, helped by the charity Save Ukraine and the Bring Kids Back UA initiative.

Overnight on 20 August Russia hit Kyiv and the surrounding region with ballistic and cruise missiles and 168 drones. Fifteen people were killed in the capital and two more in Brovary and the Boryspil district. Air defences downed 186 targets.

Overnight on 20 August drones struck TANECO, one of Russia's largest oil refineries, in Nizhnekamsk some 1,200 km from Ukraine, and the Tamanneftegaz oil terminal in Krasnodar Krai. Ukraine's General Staff confirmed both hits.

On 19 August Russian Banderol drones struck the building of the National Police headquarters in Zhytomyr region twice in a row. Three people were killed, more than 50 were wounded, and fire broke out on the fourth floor and the roof.

On 19 August Ukraine brought 103 service members home from Russian captivity — soldiers, border guards and national guardsmen, among them defenders of Mariupol and troops from eight sectors of the front. It was the first exchange in almost two months.

On 19 August the Verkhovna Rada confirmed Yevhenii Khmara as Minister of Defence with 312 votes and Andrii Sybiha as Minister of Foreign Affairs with 266 votes. Both had been running their ministries in an acting capacity since mid-July.

Russia struck the village of Pechenihy in Ukraine's Kharkiv region on the morning of August 18, hitting a busy intersection with a post office, cafe and shops. At least 10 people were killed and 17 injured.

Ukraine sent over 600 drones toward Moscow overnight on August 18, one of the largest strikes of the war. At least three people were injured, including a child, and a Wildberries warehouse was hit.

A Russian S8000 "Banderol" cruise missile, fired during an attack on Ukraine's Odesa region, crossed into Moldovan airspace on August 17 and exploded near the village of Talmaza, prompting a 15-minute airspace closure and a strong condemnation from Chișinău.

A Russian jet-powered attack drone struck a Nova Poshta facility inside the Epicentr shopping center on the outskirts of Odesa, injuring seven people, including an 8-year-old child.

Ukraine's Defense Forces struck four pieces of Russian drone-warfare infrastructure in occupied Crimea and Kherson region overnight, hitting the storage, control and relay systems behind Russia's nightly drone attacks on Ukrainian cities.

Overnight on August 16, 2026, Russia launched a massive combined missile and drone attack on Ukraine, striking Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Kremenchuk, Sumy and other regions. At least seven people were killed and 51 injured nationwide.

Overnight into August 16, 2026, Ukraine launched one of its largest drone attacks of the war, hitting a Wildberries warehouse near Moscow and a rocket-fuel plant in Russia's Rostov region. At least six people were killed in Russia as a result.

A Spanish Air Force F-18 flying NATO's air-policing mission shot down a drone that crossed into Romanian airspace from Moldova early on August 16, 2026, the fourth such interception in Romania this year.

Ukraine's Yaroslava Mahuchikh claimed gold in the women's high jump at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham, clearing 1.97m on her first attempt for a third straight European title.

A 70-strong Ukrainian rescue team has returned home after nearly two weeks helping fight major wildfires in France — the country's first-ever mission assisting an EU member state under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism.

Russia attacked Ukraine overnight on August 14-15 with 152 drones. A three-month-old boy was killed in Marhanets, Dnipropetrovsk region, and about 49 people were injured across several regions.

Overnight on August 14-15, Ukrainian forces struck the Savasleyka airbase, home to Kinzhal missile carriers, and the Progress Rocket Space Center in Samara. Zelensky confirmed the strikes used Flamingo missiles.

On August 12, the Save Ukraine charity brought home 16 children from temporarily occupied Kherson region, part of 151 children rescued from occupation since the start of 2026.

President Zelensky's Decree No. 725/2026 sanctions 11 Russian citizens, 13 vessels and 28 companies tied to exporting Ukrainian grain from occupied territories, including the bulk carrier Irtysh.

Polish PM Donald Tusk says security services detained a Russian national recruited to assassinate a dual US-Ukrainian citizen in Warsaw — the first known Russian-ordered plot of its kind on NATO soil.

A Ukrainian drone strike overnight into Aug. 14, 2026, hit Russia's largest Baltic oil export port, Ust-Luga, sparking a fire that regional officials say was extinguished by morning with no casualties reported.

A drone entered Latvia's eastern airspace over the Balvi region before dawn on Friday, August 14; NATO fighters on the Baltic Air Policing mission shot it down within about an hour.

On August 14, 2026, 84 Ukrainians returned home from Russian captivity — 33 service members and 51 civilians — including Bohdan Kovalchuk from Donetsk region, freed after nine years.

Overnight into August 14, a Russian strike drone loaded with shrapnel hit a residential building in Smila, central Ukraine's Cherkasy region. Five people were injured and one apartment suffered severe damage.

A fire-triggered explosion hit the KNDS Ammo Italy plant near Rome on Aug. 13, 2026; no injuries were reported, and the mayor said the summer closure may have averted a tragedy.

Ukrainian forces struck Russia's main Black Sea Fleet base at Novorossiysk overnight on August 12, damaging four warships and halting operations at two grain terminals.

On August 13, a Russian jet-powered drone struck the locomotive of the Odesa–Dnipro passenger train, killing the driver and his assistant. All 340 passengers, including 67 children, were evacuated safely.

President Zelensky announced that Ukraine's forces liberated 745 square kilometers and 26 villages across Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, and Zaporizhzhia oblasts — the largest territorial gain since the 2022 counteroffensives.

Overnight on August 13, 2026, Russian forces struck port infrastructure at Izmail, Ukraine's largest Danube river port, sparking fires, wounding one person, and leaving part of the city without power.

Overnight into Aug 13, 2026, Ukraine's General Staff said its forces struck the Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat refinery some 800 miles inside Russia, sparking a fire in what officials describe as the fourth Russian refinery hit in three days.

A Russian strike on the morning of August 9 destroyed several floors of an apartment block in Kharkiv's Saltivka district, killing two and injuring 27, including a 5-year-old boy.

Overnight into August 9, Russia launched a combined missile-and-drone attack on Odesa, injuring at least eight people and damaging historic buildings in the city center.

A Russian strike on the center of Pavlohrad injured nine people, including four young children, after a private house and a car caught fire.

A Russian drone hit the locomotive of the Sumy-Kyiv passenger train on the morning of August 8; timely warning allowed over 250 passengers to be evacuated safely, with no injuries.

Ukrainian diver Nelli Chukanivska, 19, claimed gold in the women's 20m high diving event at the 2026 European Aquatics Championships in Paris — the country's first-ever medal in the discipline.

Overnight into Saturday, August 8, 2026, Russian drones struck Kyiv region's Brovary and Boryspil districts, killing three people including a child, while Kharkiv region also came under heavy fire.

Overnight into August 8, Ukrainian drones struck the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia's Krasnodar region, sparking a fire and wounding five people, and hit an industrial facility in Samara region.

The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant twice lost its sole off-site power line this month, prompting the IAEA to raise water levels in the plant's used nuclear fuel pools.

A change-of-command ceremony in Wiesbaden saw a US general hand SAG-U and NSATU leadership to a French general, part of a broader US-NATO shift of Ukraine aid coordination toward Europe.

Ukrainian divers Oleksii Sereda and Mark Hrytsenko claimed bronze in the synchronised 10m platform event at the 2026 European Aquatics Championships in Paris, helping Ukraine's diving team finish the tournament with five medals.

Russian attacks across Ukraine killed at least 9 people and injured 89 over the past day, with Dnipropetrovsk Oblast struck nearly 80 times and bearing the heaviest losses.

Ukrainian drones struck a Wildberries logistics warehouse in Yekaterinburg, Russia on the morning of Aug 7, 2026, roughly 2,000 km from the front line. Russian officials say about 800 people were evacuated and no injuries were reported.

Save Ukraine's "Bring Kids Back UA" initiative evacuated 34 children and teenagers, aged 8 to 19, last week — from both Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories and Russia itself. All are now receiving support at "Hope and Recovery" reintegration centers.

President Zelensky announced that nine European countries have formally joined Ukraine's FREYJA anti-ballistic missile initiative, bringing the coalition to ten nations.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will travel to Serbia on August 8, his first visit to the country since Russia's full-scale invasion began, to meet President Aleksandar Vučić in Belgrade.

Overnight into August 6, Russia struck four Ukrainian regions at once. Three people were killed in Balakliya, Kharkiv region, and three more in Sumy, with over two dozen wounded across Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kherson regions.

Ukraine's Defense Forces struck the Bashneft-Novoil refinery in Ufa and the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl — both facilities hundreds of kilometers from the Ukrainian border.

On the evening of August 5, a Russian strike hit the civilian cargo ship Mera Queen, flying the Guinea-Bissau flag and loaded with Ukrainian wheat. A 24-year-old sailor was killed and three others were injured.

Four girls and three boys aged 10 to 17 have been returned to Ukrainian-controlled territory from the temporarily occupied Kherson region — bringing this year's total to 124.

Wes Streeting, who took over Britain's Ministry of Defence only in July, traveled to Kyiv on August 5 — meeting Zelensky, touring strike damage, and laying flowers at the Wall of Remembrance.

Overnight on August 5, Russia struck Kyiv and the region with 24 Iskander missiles, 4 Tsirkon/Onyx missiles and 115 drones. At least 16-17 people were killed, dozens injured, and Nova Poshta, Novus, Epicentr, Rozetka and Silpo logistics facilities were destroyed or damaged.

Ukrainian drones struck the Novoselki industrial zone in Chekhov and Wildberries warehouses in three Russian regions overnight — at least five people killed.

On the evening of August 4, a Russian Molniya drone hit the grounds of the Zaporizhzhia Regional Children's Clinical Hospital. The façade and windows were damaged, but every child and staff member was already in the shelter — no one was hurt.

The Netherlands has pledged €500 million in aid to Ukraine — half for Patriot missiles, half for Dutch-made drones.

Zelensky meets EU integration officials as Ukraine prepares to open two more accession negotiation clusters and outlines three key priorities for its EU path.

A drone crashed onto a crowded beach at Arkhipo-Osipovka near Gelendzhik: Russian officials say at least 6-7 people, including children, were killed.

Ukraine's ambassador to the UK, Valerii Zaluzhnyi, said Ukraine will "never" join NATO and urged Kyiv to pursue alternative security arrangements instead.

A Russian drone struck a gas station in Kryvyi Rih district: at least three people were killed, including a State Emergency Service rescuer and his 8-year-old son.

Overnight into August 4, drones struck Wildberries logistics warehouses in Moscow and Leningrad oblasts, and the Syzran oil refinery caught fire.

President Zelensky announced a significant expansion of localized production of Western weapons systems inside Ukraine, alongside deeper defense-industrial cooperation with the United States.

Ukraine's Defence Forces struck the Saratov oil refinery, the Engels-2 air base, and additional targets in Russia overnight on August 1-2, 2026, the General Staff confirmed.

On the night of August 1, Ukraine's Defence Forces struck railway bridges linking Crimea to occupied territory, a naval drone depot, and Black Sea Fleet assets.

Russian drones struck Kharkiv's Industrial District and the village of Lohachivka overnight on August 2, 2026, injuring five people, including two children and a rescue worker.

On August 1, 2026, Russian drone strikes killed a 54-year-old man in Novoyakovlivka and injured a combine harvester operator in Tavriiske, Zaporizhzhia region.

Even amid war, Ukraine sees quiet victories every day: children back at their desks, newborns' first cries in maternity wards, and people learning to walk again. These are stories of life rebuilding itself, step by step.

Russia launched a massive missile and drone strike on Kyiv overnight into August 1, killing 9 people and wounding dozens, including four children, across five districts of the capital.

Polish PM Donald Tusk says Warsaw will consider sending Ukraine more Patriot missiles after a suspected Russian Kh-101 cruise missile crashed in eastern Poland.

Ukrainian forces struck one of Russia's largest oil refineries in Volgograd overnight on July 31, along with a Wildberries warehouse, an EW system in Luhansk region, and an ammo depot in Crimea.

Donald Trump says Washington never agreed to license Ukraine to produce Patriot interceptor missiles, contradicting Zelensky's earlier account of their meeting.

Four more Ukrainian children aged 6 to 15 have returned home from Russian-occupied territory, with support from US First Lady Melania Trump.

Russia hit nine Ukrainian regions overnight with ballistic missiles and hundreds of drones, killing at least 8 people, including two children, and wounding dozens.

Ukrainian drones hit Wildberries logistics hubs in Penza and Sarapul, Udmurtia overnight — the eighth and ninth such facilities struck since the campaign began.

Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have agreed to visit Kyiv for the first time, following Zelensky's July 28 White House meeting with Trump.

At least 20 Russian soldiers previously sent home in POW exchanges have surrendered again to Ukrainian forces — this time for the second time.

Kyiv resubmitted a bill ending the VAT exemption on cheap parcels from abroad, aligning tax rules with EU standards as part of the country's accession path.

President Zelensky held a closed-door, hour-long meeting with President Trump at the White House on July 28, focused on licensing domestic Patriot interceptor production and reviving diplomatic efforts to end the war.

Hours after Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral in Washington, the US Senate voted 86-12 on a procedural motion to advance a sanctions bill named in his honor targeting Russia and Iran. President Zelensky watched the vote from the Senate gallery after meeting with over 60 senators.

A Russian drone flew directly into the windshield of a clearly marked "BREAD" delivery truck in Kherson's Central district on the morning of July 29, 2026, killing the 58-year-old driver. The same district was hit overnight by three Shahed drones, injuring three men and destroying homes.

Ukraine's Defense Forces carried out a coordinated long-range strike campaign against military and industrial targets inside Russia and occupied Crimea overnight into July 29, 2026, hitting a major oil refinery, a warehouse complex, and a naval base. Volunteers Support Ukraine continues to monitor how such developments affect the communities it aims to help.

In July 2026, the Ukrainian humanitarian organization Save Ukraine reported bringing 47 children and teenagers home from Russian-occupied territories, including a 13-year-old girl denied medical care and an 18-year-old boy who survived being fired at in his own home.

Overnight into July 28, 2026, Ukraine's Defense Forces struck a strategic fuel depot in Russia's Udmurt Republic, more than 1,300 km from the border, along with logistics and drone-storage sites in occupied Crimea and Luhansk. No casualties were reported.

Overnight strikes hit an apartment block and industrial sites near Moscow, while a drone attack on a civilian bus in Russia's Belgorod region left 19 people injured.

A Russian guided aerial bomb flattened a private home in Zaporizhzhia overnight on July 27, killing a 67-year-old man, while a 22-year-old survivor was pulled from the rubble after several hours.

On July 27, 2026, President Volodymyr Zelensky held his first meeting with new UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham aboard the Royal Navy carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth in Portsmouth, where Burnham pledged lasting UK support and announced that Britain will license its Stone Cloak electronic-warfare technology to Ukraine.

Ukrainian foil fencer Alina Poloziuk, 24, won bronze at the 2026 World Fencing Championships in Hong Kong, becoming the first Ukrainian ever to reach the podium in women's individual foil at a World Championship.

A Russian camera-equipped drone struck an ATB supermarket in Chernihiv on Sunday afternoon while it was open for business. Two people were killed, including a 9-year-old girl, and 25 others were wounded.

On the night of July 26, 2026, Russia struck Sloviansk twice: the first strike started a fire, and when two Donetskoblgaz workers went out to help extinguish it, a second strike hit the same spot. Both men were killed.

Ukraine's General Staff reports overnight strikes on a Chornomornaftogaz facility and a drone relay station in occupied Crimea, plus a logistics bridge in occupied Donetsk Oblast.

Reuters reported that Ukraine and the US discussed a proposal for a mutual air ceasefire to present to Russia, amid pressure from Ukrainian strikes on Russia's economy. The Kremlin called the reports too early to comment on.

Finnish President Alexander Stubb said Ukraine's position is stronger than ever since Russia's full-scale invasion began, following a call with President Zelensky, and stressed that continued partner support remains critical.

Overnight and during the day on July 25-26, Russia struck Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Kharkiv, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Sumy region simultaneously. At least 7 people were killed and 58 wounded nationwide.

On the evening of July 25, a Russian drone struck a civilian Palau-flagged vessel twice as it left an Odesa region port carrying corn bound for Greece. Two sailors are still missing.

On the morning of July 25, Ukrainian drones reached a Wildberries logistics complex in Yekaterinburg — one of the deepest strikes yet in the campaign against Russia's rear-echelon infrastructure.

In his evening address on July 25, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian intelligence shows Russia preparing an expanded autumn mobilization and readying to receive 30,000 more North Korean troops.

Ukraine's national film award, the Golden Dzyga, marked its 10th anniversary edition in Kyiv, with Pavlo Ostrikov's sci-fi drama sweeping a record number of categories.

A Russian ballistic missile struck an arms exhibition at a training ground outside Kyiv, where defense industry representatives had gathered. At least 10 people were killed and more than 100 injured.

Russia dropped two aerial bombs on Sloviansk, destroying the building of Latvia's honorary consulate — five people were killed and nine wounded. The EU is summoning Russia's envoy and preparing new sanctions.

The European Union has agreed its 21st sanctions package against Russia — targeting over 100 banks and crypto operators, 41 more shadow fleet vessels, and several oil refineries in Russia and Belarus, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas announced.

Ukrainian drones struck logistics warehouses and energy infrastructure in Belgorod, Russia overnight on July 25 — the sixth consecutive night of strikes on facilities tied to supplying the Russian army.

Ukraine's specialized "White Angel" police evacuation units have rescued 38,446 people, including more than 10,000 children, since the start of the full-scale invasion, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reports.

Attacks by Russia and Ukraine deep behind each other's lines killed at least eight people on July 23, pushing the civilian toll to its highest level since 2022, even as the front line itself remains largely static.

Overnight on July 24, Ukrainian drones simultaneously struck at least four logistics facilities of Russia's largest online retailer, Wildberries, in the Leningrad Region, Tver and occupied Crimea.

The Council of the EU has formally extended temporary protection status for people who fled Ukraine until March 4, 2028, a decision affecting more than four million people.

Volodymyr Zelensky is reportedly considering a trip to Washington to attend Senator Lindsey Graham's funeral on July 28 and hold bilateral talks with Donald Trump, Suspilne sources say.

Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin used a visit to Kyiv to announce a new EUR125 million bilateral support package for Ukraine, covering air defence equipment and energy grid repairs.

President Zelensky signed a decree appointing Mykhailo Drapatyi as Commander-in-Chief, dismissing Oleksandr Syrskyi after a week of mass protests in Kyiv.

Ukrainian drones struck Wildberries logistics warehouses in Krasnodar and Stavropol region, while 13 more energy facilities were knocked out in occupied Crimea.

On 22 July, Odesa region was struck by Russian drones twice in a single day. A woman was killed, an 82-year-old woman and a 54-year-old man injured, a gas pipeline and tobacco warehouse damaged.

Skyfall unveiled the P1-SUN "JetKiller" interceptor against jet-powered Shaheds. Already downed over a dozen in combat, with mass production starting in August.

On 21 July, Russian forces struck Kharkiv city and 18 settlements across the region within 24 hours. Two people were killed and fifteen wounded, including a child. Worst hit: Shevchenkove.

A Russian strike on a civilian enterprise in Odesa on the afternoon of July 20 killed three people and injured eight others. The city declared July 21 a day of mourning.

President Zelensky confirmed strikes on an oil depot in Podolsk, Wildberries logistics hubs, and six vessels in the Black Sea — an operation that hit a target just 46 km from the Kremlin.

Ukraine's 225th Separate Assault Regiment says it cleared Russian infiltration groups from five Zaporizhzhia Oblast villages and captured 64 enemy soldiers.

SBU Alpha special forces struck an FSB base hidden inside a seaside boarding house in occupied Kherson Oblast, where up to 100 Russian personnel may have been present.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck seven vessels and seven energy facilities in occupied Crimea overnight, bringing Operation Molochka's running total to 183 shadow fleet ships.

Russia launched its largest ballistic missile attack on Kyiv since the start of the full-scale war overnight on July 19, firing more than 40 missiles and around 120 drones at the capital. An 89-year-old woman was killed and 17 people were injured.

A Russian strike on the Guinea-Bissau-flagged cargo vessel Golden Leo killed five people and left five missing as it left Ukraine's Black Sea grain corridor on July 19, 2026.

A Russian missile strike on Nova Poshta's Kharkiv Innovation Sorting Terminal has left four people dead and at least 20 injured.

Overnight on July 19, SBU fighters and Ukraine's Armed Forces hit three oil depots roughly 600 km inside Russia, setting off large fires in Vyazniki and Stavropol.

At the Fourth European Political Community summit on July 18, President Zelensky signed two separate decade-long bilateral security agreements — with Czechia and Slovenia — locking in funded defense and recovery commitments rather than open-ended pledges.

Ukrainian drones struck logistics hubs in Russia's Tambov and Moscow regions overnight on July 18 — CNN called it the deadliest Ukrainian attack inside Russia in the past two years.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck 13 more vessels of Russia's shadow fleet overnight on July 18 in the Black and Azov Seas — bringing Operation "Molochka"'s 13-day total to 172 ships.

Russia carried out a double strike on Odesa port on July 18 — first hitting the foreign vessel "Venturo," then striking rescuers as they fought the resulting fire. One person was killed; the Navy evacuated 17 Filipino sailors.

Russian drones hit the locomotive and carriages of a passenger train in Zaporizhzhia region twice on July 18 — passengers were evacuated in time. The same day, the region recorded 851 strikes on 51 settlements.

Ukraine's Ministry of Youth and Sports and the State Agency for Mass Sports hand out the country's first "Coach of the Year" award on July 19, honoring trainers across eight categories.

Overnight on July 17, Russia struck a residential building in Odesa with a missile, killing two people — including a woman who was walking in a park with children — and wounding eight others.

On the morning of July 17, Russia struck Mykolaiv's port infrastructure with Shahed-238 attack drones, killing two Ukrainians aboard a foreign-flagged vessel and damaging three ships flying foreign flags.

Overnight on July 17, Ukraine's Defense Forces struck the Slavneft-YANOS refinery in Yaroslavl Oblast, the patrol ship Svetlyak and a fuel terminal in Kerch, plus tankers and a tugboat in the Black and Azov Seas.

On July 17, the Council of the EU agreed six new sanctions listings against companies and an individual from the ABS Electro Group, which manufactures electronic components for Russian Shahed and Geran attack drones.

Soldiers of the 425th Separate Assault Regiment "Skelya" broke through Russian lines by 25 kilometers, returning six villages and more than 120 square kilometers of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast to Ukrainian control.

Russian guided aerial bombs struck Zaporizhzhia on July 16, killing three people and wounding 15 others, and destroying several private homes.

A Russian FPV drone killed three elderly women in the village of Hrushivka, Kupiansk district, on the morning of July 16; the same morning brought several more drone strikes on civilian targets in the area.

Ukraine's parliament confirmed Serhii Koretskyi as prime minister, while the same-day dismissal of Defense Minister Mykhailo Fedorov triggered protests in Kyiv.

More than 200 Ukrainian drones targeted the Moscow region overnight into July 17, Mayor Sobyanin said; a Shahed-like drone reportedly hit Russia's strategic Engels-2 air base in Saratov Oblast the same night.

Ukraine's Omega special forces destroyed a Russian Su-24M frontline bomber at the Saky airbase in occupied Crimea, striking the aircraft with drones before it could take off to attack Ukraine.

A ballistic missile strike on Kyiv overnight on July 16 sparked warehouse fires in the Sviatoshynskyi and Darnytskyi districts, killing two people.

Russia struck Odesa Oblast for a fifth consecutive day — a missile hit a seven-story apartment building, killing three people, as rescuers pulled children from the rubble.

Six guided aerial bomb strikes on Sumy killed three people and wounded 17 more, including a 16-year-old boy.

Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck 20 more shadow-fleet vessels in the Black Sea overnight, bringing the campaign's total to 136 ships.

On Kyiv's Saint Michael's Square, Zelenskyy and von der Leyen signed a new joint drone production deal, with the EU immediately releasing 1 billion euros.

In one of its most sweeping overnight operations yet, Ukraine struck two major Russian oil refineries, hit eleven vessels in the Azov Sea, and sank an FSB border guard ship near Novorossiysk.

Russian forces struck three Kharkiv-region cities in a single day — Sloviansk, Izium and Kharkiv itself — killing a 67-year-old man and wounding at least fourteen people.

A Russian drone struck a civilian cargo vessel flying the Marshall Islands flag in the Port of Odesa on July 14, killing two people on the second consecutive day of strikes on the port's infrastructure.

Russian forces struck a passenger minibus and a car in downtown Kherson with drones within the same hour, wounding at least three civilians, regional authorities report.

A Russian first-person-view drone struck a civilian car in the village of Tavriiske in Zaporizhzhia district, killing a woman and injuring a 60-year-old man, regional officials say.

A Russian drone or missile strike set fire to a Togo-flagged cargo vessel unloading fertilizer in the port of Odesa on July 13, 2026, killing five people, including three foreign crew members, and injuring ten others.

At a "Coalition of the Willing" meeting in Paris attended by around 25 world leaders, French President Emmanuel Macron announced France will supply Ukraine with 16 Rafale fighter jets and, for the first time, license Ukraine to produce French-designed weapons domestically.

Russia launched a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv overnight into July 14, 2026, setting warehouses ablaze in the Holosiivskyi district and damaging a school and several cars in the Darnytskyi district. No casualties have been reported.

More than 10 Shahed drone strikes hit five districts of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast overnight and into the afternoon of July 12, 2026, killing three people and injuring four in Kryvyi Rih and Nikopol district.

Overnight on July 12-13, 2026, Ukrainian drones struck an oil depot near Vyazniki in Stavropol Krai for the second time in a week, while a mass drone attack on Moscow Oblast killed three people in the village of Pionersky.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has announced that Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko will step down after roughly a year in office; no successor has been named yet, with the Servant of the People faction set to discuss the changes on July 14.

Ukrainian drones struck 21 more Russian tankers and seven other vessels in the Sea of Azov overnight — 76 vessels hit in six days. Russia has now fully halted shipping through the Kerch Strait.

Russia struck civilian infrastructure in Odesa and attacked the region's port facilities, killing two people in the city and two more dockworkers on the coast — the second consecutive day of deadly port strikes.

Three FAB-250 guided bombs struck the center of Sloviansk in Donetsk Oblast, killing a 67-year-old man and injuring three others, and damaging dozens of buildings.

Three Russian guided bombs struck civilian areas of Sumy, killing five people — including a 13-year-old girl — and injuring 31 others.

Russian aircraft dropped guided bombs on central Zaporizhzhia overnight, killing two people — including a 22-year-old police officer — and injuring 33 others.

A Ukrainian drone strike set the Syzran oil refinery ablaze deep inside Russia's Samara Oblast — the third consecutive night that Russian fuel infrastructure has come under attack.

Overnight on July 11, Russia launched a ballistic missile and drone attack on Kyiv, injuring 10 people, including a child, and causing fires and damage across four districts of the capital.

On his tenth visit to Kyiv, Senator Lindsey Graham announced that the White House has agreed to back a version of a Russia sanctions bill, giving it a real chance of becoming law.

Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi summed up the first half of 2026 on July 10: Russia's offensive narrowed from 13 to 6-7 directions and its rate of advance was cut by more than half.

Russian aircraft dropped seven guided aerial bombs on Kramatorsk and the nearby village of Bilenke around midday on July 10, 2026, killing four people, including a 14-year-old boy, and injuring nine others.

On July 10, 2026, Russian forces launched a massed strike on Zaporizhzhia city, killing a police officer, injuring at least 29 people, and destroying more than 15 private homes.

Overnight on July 9-10, 2026, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces and the General Staff reported a coordinated strike on Russian shadow-fleet tankers, Crimean electrical substations, and mainland oil infrastructure, with no casualties reported.

On July 9, a Russian drone struck the car of two Pension Fund employees in Kherson, killing both. Later the same day, a drone hit a passenger minibus in the city center, injuring eight more people.

Overnight into July 9, Ukrainian drones struck oil depots in Tver and Stavropol, a reserve fuel facility, and a pumping station in Ufa — nearly 1,500 km from Ukraine's border.

Slovenia has announced an additional $50 million contribution to the PURL initiative, which funds deliveries of US-made weapons to Ukraine, alongside co-financing for three new civilian shelters.

On the evening of July 8, Russia struck Odesa with a ballistic missile, killing four people and injuring seven. The city has declared a day of mourning as repair and rescue work continues.

More than 430 Ukrainian drones headed toward Moscow and its region on the night of July 6-7 — reportedly the largest raid on the Russian capital in two years. Airports suspended flights, and Zelensky vowed to keep up the pressure.

On the sidelines of the NATO summit in Ankara, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told President Volodymyr Zelensky about a new support package worth more than $900 million — ammunition, Canadian-built armoured vehicles, and engineering equipment.

Overnight into July 9, Russian forces struck the Bashtanka district of Mykolaiv region with guided aerial bombs. A 38-year-old woman and her 15-year-old daughter were killed in the Horokhiv community, with two more people injured.

Overnight into July 8, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck 53 military targets in temporarily occupied Crimea and southern Ukraine, including a key node of the Kuban-Crimea power bridge and three radar stations.

A Russian drone hit a gas facility and a high-rise in Kyiv's Desnianskyi district on the afternoon of July 8. Three people died and ten were injured, including two medics.

Over consecutive nights, Ukraine's Unmanned Systems Forces struck at least 10-12 tankers from Russia's 'shadow fleet' in the Sea of Azov, vessels that had been supplying fuel to occupied Crimea.

At the NATO summit in Ankara, US President Donald Trump said Ukraine will get a license to produce Patriot missile systems on its own soil — the first time the US has allowed an ally to manufacture the technology domestically.

A combined drone and guided-bomb attack on Kharkiv killed one person and injured 20 residents, including four children.

Overnight drone strikes hit an oil refinery in Saratov, a petrochemical plant in Nizhnekamsk, and the Borisoglebsk military air base in Russia.

At the NATO summit in Ankara, Ukraine signed its ninth "Drone Deal" agreement, giving Denmark access to combat-tested Ukrainian weapons technology.

The Dutch defense minister announced €150 million in new funding to strengthen Ukraine's air defense, as Russian aerial attacks intensify.

Ukraine's long-range drones hit Russia's largest oil refinery in Omsk — the longest-range strike of the full-scale war so far, completing a campaign against all eleven of Russia's top gasoline producers.

A Russian missile struck homes in the Odesa region on the afternoon of July 6, injuring a three-year-old boy. The region continues to face repeated strikes on civilian infrastructure.

EU leaders agreed on June 18-19 to extend economic sanctions against Russia for another twelve months, through July 2027, as a 21st sanctions package moves forward.

A wave of missile, bomb, and drone strikes across Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions on July 3-4 killed one person and injured more than a dozen others.

Drones struck the Kronstadt naval base and an oil terminal in Russia's Leningrad region — roughly 900 kilometers from the front line.

A ninth convoy from the UK's fire and rescue services reached the Ukrainian border with 21 fire vehicles and over 2,300 pieces of equipment — replacing part of the nearly 1,800 vehicles Ukrainian firefighters have lost since the war began.

NATO leaders gather in Ankara on July 7-8 to discuss defense spending, industrial capacity and support for Ukraine — opening just after a massive missile strike hit Kyiv.

Overnight on July 6, Russia launched one of its heaviest combined strikes on Kyiv in months, combining ballistic and cruise missiles with attack drones. At least nine people were killed, with the Podilskyi district hit hardest.

A Russian drone strike on Bohodukhiv in Ukraine's Kharkiv region killed two people overnight, while shelling in Kharkiv city injured five more civilians.

On the night of 26 June, Russia launched a massive combined strike on Ukraine. Here is what is known about the aftermath.

On 15 June 2026, a Russian drone struck the Kyiv Pechersk Lavra. What Europe is saying — and why the target was no accident.