- 4d ago
Russia and Ukraine start demining for aid to Oleshky under US-brokered truce
A local truce covering the Russian-occupied city of Oleshky has held since 27 October, allowing demining to start ahead of a first aid convoy due on Friday, 30 October.
- 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.
- Sep 30
Russian forces seize 4-ton Ukrainian drone food delivery in occupied Oleshky
Russian occupying forces in Oleshky have confiscated supplies from a 4-ton Ukrainian drone airdrop and detained residents, according to local officials and Ukraine's foreign minister.
- Sep 28
Ukraine airdrops four tonnes of food into occupied Oleshky as civilian famine deepens
Ukrainian forces delivered four tonnes of food and medicine using heavy drones to the occupied town of Oleshky, where up to 2,000 trapped civilians face severe starvation.
- Sep 20
Ukraine warns of starvation in occupied Oleshky and seeks UN evacuation corridor
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha announced that Kyiv will bring the humanitarian blockade of Russian-occupied Oleshky to the UN General Assembly, warning that remaining residents face starvation without food, gas, or power.
- Aug 30
Russian strike on Bucha Raion kills 37 and triggers official negligence probe
A Russian attack on an ammunition warehouse in Myla killed at least 37 people and injured 42, leading to evacuations and a government investigation into official negligence.
- Aug 27
Kherson governor urges evacuations after Russian strikes heavily damage heating plant
Regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin advised residents to leave Kherson after Russian glide bombs severely damaged the district heating facility, threatening prolonged power and heat outages.
- Aug 19
Russian drone strike on Kherson minibus kills four passengers and wounds five
A Russian drone dropped an explosive directly onto the roof of a civilian minibus in Kherson on Wednesday morning, killing four passengers and wounding five others in the frontline city.
- Aug 4
Russian drone chases vegetable vendor in Kherson market; Zelensky condemns 'human safari' war crime
Footage shows an FPV drone pursuing a 52-year-old vegetable seller around his van before exploding; he survived with shrapnel wounds. Kyiv calls it a deliberate war crime and part of a systematic terror campaign.
- Jul 30
Russian missile and drone barrage kills 10 in Ukraine, Kh-101 cruise missile crashes in Poland
At least 10 people were killed and dozens injured as Russia fired more than 70 missiles and 280 drones at cities across Ukraine overnight, while a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile crossed into NATO member Poland and crashed in a field in the Lublin region.
