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Ukraine fires record 1,000 drones at Russian oil sites as Putin floats Trump-Xi summit
Ukraine launched its biggest drone attack of the war, over 1,000 drones, setting Russian oil facilities on fire.
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Zelensky orders new strikes on Russian oil refineries, defying Trump
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, ordered new strikes on Russian oil refineries this week, despite calls from US President Donald Trump to hold back.
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Russian strikes on power plants cut electricity to 600,000 in Ukraine, kill six
Overnight Russian missile and drone strikes hit energy facilities across Ukraine, including in the capital Kyiv, killing at least six people and cutting electricity to 600,000 people.
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Zelensky Says Russian Airspace Is No Longer Safe for Passenger Planes
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says airlines should treat Russian airspace as completely unsafe, as Ukraine steps up long-range drone strikes inside Russia and Russia vows to hit back harder.
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Russian drone hits Ukrainian mall twice, killing at least 14
Russian drones struck a shopping centre in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 130, including 23 children.
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Ukraine's fired defence minister demands wartime elections
Mykhailo Fedorov, who ran Ukraine's drone program and was recently fired as defence minister, publicly called on President Volodymyr Zelensky to hold elections even though martial law bans voting during the war with Russia.
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Russia strikes Zaporizhzhia with North Korean missiles, killing six
Russia fired ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea at the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing at least six people and wounding 19, President Volodymyr Zelensky said.
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Russian strikes near Kyiv kill three, including a child, as Zelensky visits Serbia
Russian missiles hit the region around Kyiv, Ukraine's capital, overnight, killing three people including a child and injuring several others, local officials said.
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Zelensky says Russia wants 30,000 more North Korean troops and nobody has confirmed it
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia is preparing to send 30,000 more North Korean soldiers to fight in Ukraine, or has formally asked North Korea to supply them.
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Zelensky's Reshuffle Meets a Washington Void as Kyiv Loses Its Senate Champion
Volodymyr Zelensky's cabinet reshuffle was already reshaping Kyiv's wartime strategy. Then Lindsey Graham, the sanctions bill's chief architect in the Senate, died hours after his last visit to the Ukrainian capital.