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- Oct 25
Ukrainian drones hit Omsk plant and Ozon hub deep inside Russia
Drones hit a rubber plant whose materials feed missile fuel and an Ozon warehouse in Omsk on Saturday, 24 October, while Perm Krai and Belgorod reported casualties on Sunday.
- Oct 17
Russia and Ukraine escalate drone strikes as Moscow airports restrict flights and Ukrainian cities are hit
Russia says it downed 610 Ukrainian drones overnight and restricted flights at Moscow's four main airports, while Ukrainian officials report deaths in Kherson and Sloviansk.
- Oct 13
Ukrainian attacks kill three and injure 16 in Russia's Belgorod region
Governor Alexandr Suvaev said two people died in an overnight attack and a third man died after a Friday, 9 October attack. Separately, drone debris damaged an industrial area in Nevinnomyssk in the Stavropol region, and Russian drones damaged a cargo terminal in Ukraine's port of Mykolaiv.
- Oct 3
Russian strike hits Liberian-flagged cargo ship in Odesa port, killing one crew member
A Russian attack on a Liberian-flagged commercial vessel in Ukraine's Odesa region killed a motorman and injured three crew members on 3 October 2026, forcing the evacuation of 13 people.
- Sep 25
Russian drone strikes kill seven in Kyiv as allies clear €6.6B fund and Patriot licences
Russian daytime and overnight drone barrages killed seven people and injured 46 across Kyiv on Friday, striking residential areas, data centres, and commercial facilities.
- Sep 21
Ramzan Kadyrov wins fifth term as Chechen leader with 99.85% of vote
Russia's Central Election Commission confirmed Ramzan Kadyrov's fifth term as United Russia expanded its State Duma majority to 355 seats and Kremlin-backed governors won across eight regional races.
- Sep 10
UK court remands British man accused of plotting sabotage on drone factories for Russia
A London magistrate remanded 31-year-old Joshua Cammidge in custody on 10 September 2026 after prosecutors accused him of supplying reconnaissance on four Wiltshire drone manufacturing sites to Russian military intelligence.
- Aug 30
Russian strike on Kyiv ammunition depot kills 37 as Ukraine opens negligence probe
A Russian drone strike on an ammunition warehouse in Myla killed 37 people, prompting Ukrainian authorities to open a criminal investigation into improper weapons storage near residential areas.
- Aug 29
Ukraine asks UN aviation agency to ban flights in Russian airspace
Kyiv has formally asked the International Civil Aviation Organization to urge member states to ban flights in Russian airspace, citing drone operations, while Moscow rejected the warning and reported standard defense coordination.
- Aug 23
Russian Drones Strike Odesa-Bound Passenger Train Twice as Cross-Border Attacks Escalate
A Russian drone strike set fire to train No. 147 from Zhytomyr on Sunday, followed by a second attack during evacuation, while a strike at Lymanivka station killed one passenger.
- Aug 22
Ukrainian drone strikes hit Rosneft refinery and Ozon warehouse in Russia, killing at least 10
A wave of long-range Ukrainian drone strikes damaged an oil refinery and an e-commerce hub in Samara region, as regional death tolls across Russia reached at least 10.
- Aug 16
Russia repels 620 drones aimed at Moscow as Russian strike kills 10 in Kharkiv
Ukrainian forces launched 620 drones toward the Moscow region overnight, while a Russian missile strike killed at least 10 civilians in the Kharkiv region village of Pechenihy.
- Aug 10
Ukrainian drone strike on Russian oil refinery in Tatarstan kills 13, including seven Uzbek citizens
A Ukrainian drone attack on the industrial city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Tatarstan region killed at least 13 people, including seven Uzbek citizens and a child, while Kyiv also struck a petrochemical facility 2,500 km away in Tobolsk.
- Aug 10
Russia claims capture of two villages near Kramatorsk as Ukraine reports 24 attacks repelled
Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces seized Vasyutinske and Toretsk in the Donetsk region, 8 and 20 kilometres from Kramatorsk, while Ukraine reported repelling 24 attacks and ordered the evacuation of 525 children from the Kramatorsk area.
- Aug 10
WHO humanitarian warehouse destroyed in Dnipro as overnight strikes kill five across Ukraine and Russia
A WHO humanitarian medical warehouse in Dnipro was struck and destroyed on Friday, with staff managing to evacuate 130 of roughly 300 pallets before the attack. Overnight strikes across Ukraine and Russia killed at least five civilians on day 1,627 of the conflict.
- Jul 27
Ukrainian drones kill two in Rostov-on-Don, injure 12 in Belgorod; Russian strikes hit Zaporizhzhia and Sumy
Overnight Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia's Rostov-on-Don and Belgorod killed at least two and wounded 17, while Russian airstrikes on Zaporizhzhia and Sumy left one dead and seven injured, according to local officials.
- Jul 24
Ukrainian drone strike hits St. Petersburg, sets warehouse ablaze and halts Wildberries logistics
A large fire erupted at a warehouse after a Ukrainian drone raid targeted Russia's St. Petersburg region overnight, with nearly 60 drones intercepted. Two Wildberries logistics centres suspended operations.
- Jul 6
Russia strikes Kyiv with 68 missiles and 351 drones, killing at least 11, as Zelenski pleads for more air defense at NATO summit
At least 11 people were killed and dozens wounded in a massive Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight, as President Zelenski called for urgent air defense support ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara.
- Jul 5
Ukraine strikes St. Petersburg oil terminal again, claims 43% of Russian refining capacity disabled
Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and the Kronstadt naval base overnight, as Kyiv claimed its long-range campaign has knocked out nearly 43% of Russia's oil refining capacity.
- Jul 4
Russian missiles hit Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least three, ahead of NATO summit
Missile attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities killed at least three people and wounded dozens overnight, as President Zelensky prepared to meet Donald Trump at a NATO summit in Ankara.
