Russia launches record number of drones in overnight attack on Ukraine
Russian forces launched a record 145 drones at Ukraine overnight and Ukrainian air defense downed 62 drones.
Civilian targets
Updated: Russian drone attack on Kyiv damages buildings, causes fires in five districts
Russia launched a drone attack on Kyiv overnight on Nov. 6, striking a residential building as well as an auto repair shop in the capital, the Kyiv City Military Administration reported.
Russia destroys historic house of 20th-century Ukrainian anarchist revolutionary
The house, which served as a museum to the 20th-century revolutionary, burnt to the ground after Russia launched 306 strikes on nine front-line settlements in Zaporizhzhia Oblast overnight on Aug. 23.
Ukraine downs 35 of 39 Russian drones overnight, Air Force says
Russian forces also launched three Iskander-M ballistic missiles and two Kh-59/69 cruise missiles overnight on July 21, the Air Force reported.
Russian attacks on Donetsk Oblast kill 6, injure 19
Russian forces carried out several attacks against Donetsk Oblast on July 12, killing six people and injuring at least 19 others, Ukraine's State Emergency Service reported.
Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 8, injure 16 over past day
Russia targeted a total of 10 Ukrainian oblasts – Poltava, Kirovohrad, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Luhansk, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, and Donetsk. Casualties were reported in the latter four regions.
Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 10, injure almost 100 over past day
Russia targeted a total of 12 Ukrainian oblasts – Kyiv, Chernihiv, Mykolaiv, Luhansk, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhia, Poltava, and Donetsk. Casualties were reported in the latter seven regions.
Russian attack on Sumy Oblast kills 1, injures 7
Russian forces attacked eight communities in Sumy Oblast on June 14, killing one civilian and injuring seven, the Sumy Oblast Military Administration reported.
UN: Monthly civilian death toll rises to highest point in almost a year
Ukraine's civilian death toll rose to 174 last month, the highest level in almost a year, amid increased missile and bomb attacks on population centers around Kharkiv, the U.N. human rights office announced on June 7.
Russian attacks in Kherson Oblast injure 6
At least six people were injured in Ukraine's Kherson Oblast after a series of Russian attacks on May 19, the Kherson Regional Military Administration said.
Update: Russian cluster munition attack on Kharkiv Oblast injures 6, including Vovchansk official
Russian forces attacked a village near the town of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast with cluster munitions on May 16, injuring six people, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
Russian attack on Kherson injures 2
Russian forces shelled the Korabelnyi district of Kherson, injuring two people, the Kherson Regional Military Administration reported on May 16.
Update: Russian attack on Kharkiv kills two
A Russian attack on Kharkiv Oblast killed two women on May 16, the Kharkiv Oblast Office of the Prosecutor General reported on Telegram.
People of Kramatorsk endure war by living and helping
KRAMATORSK, Donetsk Oblast — Artur Serdiuk had just climbed under the covers at half past four in the morning, when the Russian airstrike hit 25 paces from his house. When he opened his eyes and came out from under the dust and debris his ceiling had turned into, he saw that
Kyivans hide in subways as Russian forces bombard the capital
As Russian missiles rain down on their homes, many people of Kyiv have moved permanently into the safe shelter of the metro. After being thrown back from the capital numerous times over the past week, Russian forces have decided to revert to their doctrinal terror tactics of pounding the city
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