Russia is stepping up attacks on Ukraine
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Russia has launched a fresh barrage of drones and missiles on Ukraine, killing at least six people.Vladimir Putin’s forces launched 597 drones and 26 missiles targeting the west of the country on Saturday,
At least one person has been killed after Russia launched its largest drone attack on Ukraine since the beginning of its invasion, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, just hours after US President Donald Trump pledged more military support for Kyiv and accused his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin of throwing “bullsh*t” over peace talks.
Russia launched its largest drone and missile bombardment of Ukraine overnight into Wednesday, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Three Ukrainians were killed in the southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region, where Russia captured a first village this week after a months-long incursion. In the neighboring Zaporizhzhia region — the site of a nuclear plant — two civilians were killed in the attacks, Gov. Ivan Fedorov said.
Russia fired a record 728 Shahed and decoy drones at Ukraine overnight, as well as 13 cruise and ballistic missiles, the Ukrainian air force said, in the latest escalation after weeks of mounting Russian aerial and ground attacks in the more than three-year war.
Between January and June, the number of Russian drone and missile attacks exceeded 23,000, a roughly 605% increase compared to the same period last year.
Russia targeted Ukrainian cities with another barrage of overnight drone and missile attacks, killing at least two people and wounding at last 10 others, Ukrainian officials said on July 12.
The latest assault included more drones in a single night than Russia used in the entire month of July last year.
WASHINGTON − Russian drone attacks on Ukraine have skyrocketed in recent weeks as the Pentagon continues to hold up deliveries of key air defense supplies, including Patriot interceptors ...
In a rare statement, Ukraine’s SBU said that it killed two Russian agents responsible for assassinating Col. Ivan Voronych in Kyiv.