- 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 11
Russian strikes kill six across Ukraine, wound dozens as air alert sirens lag behind explosions
Overnight ballistic missiles and drones struck Kyiv, Sumy, Odesa and Kharkiv, with air raid sirens sounding minutes after the first blasts as Ukraine struggles with munition shortages.
- 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
Ukraine's Fedorow resigns as defence minister, blasts military leadership as protests erupt in Kyiv
Mychajlo Fedorow stepped down after a power struggle with Commander-in-Chief Olexandr Syrskyj, accusing him of blocking reforms and undermining morale. Hundreds protested in Kyiv as parliament confirmed a new prime minister.
- 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.
