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Ukraine downs 198 drones in relentless overnight Russian attack

Russia launched a massive overnight assault on Ukraine, firing two missiles and a staggering 216 attack drones. While Ukrainian air defenses successfully intercepted the vast majority of the incoming threats, local authorities reported multiple impacts across the country as the aerial bombardment continued into Friday morning.

05 Jun 2026-10:52
Crimea halts fuel sales and suspends emergency voucher distribution

Authorities in annexed Crimea suspended gasoline sales and the distribution of fuel vouchers on Thursday indefinitely, as the region grapples with a worsening fuel shortage.

04 Jun 2026-22:15
Ukrainian drones strike Russian border patrol ship in Crimea - VIDEO

In a sweeping nighttime operation, Ukraine’s newly formed Unmanned Systems Forces launched a coordinated drone strike across occupied territories, successfully hitting a Russian Svetlyak-class border patrol ship stationed in Yurkine, Crimea.

04 Jun 2026-17:11
Russia targets Ukraine with massive 300-drone overnight barrage

Russia launched a massive overnight assault against Ukraine using an Iskander-M ballistic missile and 293 attack drones fired from six different directions. Ukrainian air defenses successfully intercepted and shot down or suppressed 264 of the hostile unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) across the northern, southern, and eastern regions of the country, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

04 Jun 2026-11:29
Kyiv on high alert as Russia launches massive drone raid

Russia launched a massive overnight assault on Ukraine, deploying 229 strike drones from seven different directions, Ukrainian military officials reported on Sunday. While air defense forces successfully intercepted the vast majority of the incoming threats, multiple strikes managed to slip through, and the attack remains ongoing.

31 May 2026-11:57
Ukraine carries out strikes oil infrastructure, tanker in western Russia - VIDEO

Ukraine’s military reportedly struck oil infrastructure in several Russian and Russian-held territories overnight on May 30.

30 May 2026-11:10
Alexander Leonov: Vardanyan’s Havel Prize nomination could discredit Europe’s human rights standards

In an exclusive interview with News.Az, Alexander Leonov, Executive Director of the Center of Applied Political Studies Penta and a Ukrainian political analyst, commented on attempts to portray Ruben Vardanyan in Europe as a human rights defender and a potential candidate for the Václav Havel Human Rights Prize.

23 May 2026-10:48
Ukraine downs over 500 Russian targets in massive overnight raid

Ukrainian air defense forces intercepted or electronically suppressed a staggering 507 aerial targets on Monday morning, May 18, following a massive, multi-directional overnight bombardment by the Russian military.

18 May 2026-12:50
Ukraine claims major drone strikes hit Moscow defense plants and Crimea airbase

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has confirmed its involvement in a large-scale overnight drone operation targeting Russian military-industrial infrastructure in the Moscow region and an occupied airbase in Crimea, carried out jointly with Ukraine’s Defense Forces.

17 May 2026-16:22
Ukrainian drones target Russian military logistics facility near Moscow ahead of Victory Day

Ukrainian drones carried out a large-scale overnight attack across Russia, reportedly striking a key military logistics facility near Moscow just days before the Kremlin’s May 9 Victory Day parade.

07 May 2026-10:10