live Russian strike on Kyiv gas station kills 2
A Russian strike on a gas station in Kyiv has killed two people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschk...
Russia has escalated strikes on Ukraine’s energy system, targeting a key gas compressor station vital for winter storage, as Kyiv faces mounting shortages despite U.S. peace efforts.
Ukraine has already been struggling with reduced domestic production following earlier Russian missile strikes, and the latest attack further complicates its energy security.
The energy ministry confirmed that one facility had been hit but did not specify details, noting that damage was still being assessed.
Moscow admitted to targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure, while Kyiv continues to increase imports and channel most domestically produced gas into reserves.
Recent weeks have seen repeated Russian attacks on Ukrainian gas facilities, including in Poltava and Odesa, while Ukraine has responded with drone strikes on Russian refineries and pipelines.
Since 2015, Ukraine has relied on imports from Western partners after cutting dependence on Russian gas.
Four people were killed, including a child, in Ukrainian strikes on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, according to the governor of the Krasnodar region. Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, said Russian military ships were destroyed in the attacks.
Overnight Iranian strikes on an air base in Jordan damaged multiple U.S. aircraft and left one without a wing, American media reported. Meanwhile, explosions were heard across parts of southern Iran according to local media reports.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said on Wednesday they attacked two U.S. vessels and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, calling the strikes a response to a U.S. attack on five Iranian tankers.
Ukrainian forces struck a Russian oil refinery in Siberia and a seaport in Dagestan in the past 24 hours, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. He will meet Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday to discuss air defences for Ukraine over winter.
Iran said it destroyed a U.S. naval drone at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, while Washington announced sanctions targeting Iran-backed Kataib Hezbollah in Iraq.
A Russian strike on a gas station in Kyiv has killed two people, the city's Mayor Vitali Klitschko said in a statement on Telegram. In Russia, online marketplace Ozon has suspended operations in Saratov, southwestern Russia, following a drone strike on a warehouse in the region.
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