Volodymyr Zelensky

KYIV -- Russia launched a major missile and drone attack on Kyiv and the surrounding region early on July 6, striking residential buildings and killing at least 27 people while injuring nearly 100, hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of an impending Russian strike. Ukraine, meanwhile, said it had struck…

Ukraine still controls the strategically important eastern city of Kostiantynivka, President Volodymyr Zelensky and the General Staff said on Saturday, rejecting Russian claims that it has been captured. Russia’s military ignored Zelensky’s assertions, said it was mopping up remaining pockets of resistance and offered to exchange the remains of dead…

A Ukrainian drone attack struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg on Saturday, Russian officials said, as Kyiv presses on with bombardment of Russia’s oil infrastructure. Almost daily long-range attacks on Russian oil facilities have created a fuel crisis and heaped political pressure on the Kremlin as its all-out invasion of Ukraine stretches into its…

A major oil terminal in Russia's north-western city of St Petersburg was struck overnight by Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has said. The Ukrainian president described it as key "infrastructure that generates revenue for Russia's war". Ukraine also said a major Russian naval base in the region was hit. St Petersburg Governor…

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The Ukrainian military is proving it can blow up pretty much whatever it wants.Why it matters: Fewer and fewer places feel safe inside Russia, as oil facilities, weapons factories, convoys and bombers burn.Driving the news: Russia is facing fuel shortages due to repeated refinery strikes, at least one of which…

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IN BRIEF Russian airstrikes on Kyiv have killed at least 13 and injured 86, according to the Ukrainian capital's mayor. Ukraine has also recently stepped up long-range drone attacks on Russian energy infrastructure and military targets. Russian missile and drone strikes tore open apartment buildings in Kyiv early Thursday, killing…

Russian missile and drone strikes rocked Kyiv early Thursday, killing at least 17 people and wounding dozens, after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was preparing a "massive attack". Russia has routinely launched waves of missiles and drones at Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv, during its more than four-year invasion, which…

The Ukrainian president has warned that a probe into Aughinish Alumina’s exports to Russia for use in their war machine must not drag on for months. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that “every tonne” of raw material that ends up in Russia is being used against Ukraine. An investigation was launched by…