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- 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 1
Ukraine fires domestic FP-7 tactical ballistic missile in combat for first time
Ukrainian forces launched the domestically produced FP-7 tactical ballistic missile in combat for the first time on Thursday, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced plans to move the weapon system into active production.
- Oct 1
Ukraine urges US to sanction Russian Rassvet satellite internet network
Kyiv has asked the Trump administration and Congress to sanction three companies developing Moscow's Rassvet constellation to prevent real-time battlefield targeting.
- Aug 24
Ukraine expands logistics strikes to Ozon warehouses after hitting 15 Wildberries hubs
Ukrainian drones struck Ozon logistics centres in Orenburg and Samara for two straight days, forcing more than 300 evacuations following earlier strikes on 15 Wildberries facilities.
- Aug 23
Ukrainian drones strike Russian e-commerce hub in Orenburg as Zelensky rejects election calls
Debris from intercepted Ukrainian drones ignited a fire at an Ozon warehouse in Orenburg, 1,000 kilometres from Ukraine, while Kyiv faced strikes in Kharkiv and political debate over wartime voting.
- Aug 22
Vladimir Putin threatens strikes on Ukrainian logistics and economy following refinery and warehouse attacks
Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Moscow will target Ukraine's most sensitive economic sectors and supply chains in response to drone raids against Russian oil refineries and commercial warehouses.
- Aug 21
Russian double-tap drone strike kills 16 at Kryvyi Rih mall as Ukraine targets Russian logistics
At least 16 people died and more than 130 were injured after Russian drones struck a shopping center in Kryvyi Rih in two waves, while Ukrainian drones hit an oil refinery and warehouse in Samara.
- Aug 16
Overnight strikes hit Kyiv and Moscow as Ukraine targets Russian aerospace facility in Samara
Missiles struck Kyiv overnight while Russia intercepted about 28 drones near Moscow, as Ukraine confirmed long-range strikes on a Russian rocket factory in Samara and an air base in Nizhny Novgorod.
- Aug 15
Ukraine sends 600 drones at Moscow in one of war's largest attacks as Russia strikes Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih
Ukraine sent 600 drones toward the Moscow region overnight in one of the largest attacks of the war, hitting a Wildberries warehouse and killing at least six in Russia, while Russian missile strikes on Ukraine killed at least five.
- Jul 12
Ukraine’s drone blitz hits 90 Russian vessels in Sea of Azov, forcing suspension of navigation
Ukrainian drones have damaged around 90 vessels in the Sea of Azov in under a week, including tankers, ferries and dry cargo ships, forcing Russia to suspend navigation through the Don-Azov channel and disrupting traffic in the Kerch Strait.
- Jul 4
Ukraine strikes Russian refineries and fuel tankers in Sea of Azov as Moscow reports civilian deaths in Kramatorsk and bans fuel exports
Kyiv's military targeted the Ilsky and Ust-Luga refineries and 10 tankers in the Azov Sea, while Russian bomb strikes on Kramatorsk killed four civilians.
- Jul 4
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner urge compromise in Kyiv after Moscow talks with Putin
US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday following a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, urging both sides to compromise as the war threatens to continue into winter.
- Jun 11
Ukrainian drone strikes set Afipsky refinery ablaze, halt production at Kuibyshev plant and disrupt fuel supplies to Crimea
Overnight attacks struck the Afipsky refinery in Krasnodar and the Kuibyshev refinery in Samara, wounding three civilians and forcing a shutdown of crude processing at a major Rosneft plant.
