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.
Ukrainian forces said on Wednesday they had carried out long-range strikes against two Russian gas industry facilities in western Siberia, around 3,000 kilometres from Ukraine's border.
Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said the targets were two major gas condensate plants located in Novy Urengoy and the Purovsky district of Russia's Yamalo-Nenets region, a key centre of the country's natural gas production.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy praised the operation, saying the strikes targeted Russia's economic infrastructure and war-funding capacity.
Moscow has not immediately commented on the reported attacks or any potential damage to the facilities.
One person was killed and another injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on Russia’s Belgorod region, regional authorities said on Wednesday.
U.S. CIA Director John Ratcliffe is preparing to take a bigger role in Washington’s negotiations with Russia and Ukraine, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday, citing U.S. officials.
Pistorius says Russia is producing 150 missiles a month and increasingly seeking to intimidate and destabilise the West.
The Kremlin says U.S. aid to Ukraine, including military assistance, has notably decreased under President Donald Trump’s administration.
Moscow said the United States should halt any aid to Kyiv that supports military actions, arguing that this would help bring the conflict to an end.
The Kremlin also said Russia considers Abu Dhabi a priority location for possible talks on Ukraine, according to Putin’s aide.
The comments come as Moscow continues to call for an end to U.S. military support for Kyiv and pushes for the resumption of negotiations on the Ukraine conflict.
The Kremlin says Russia hopes U.S.-mediated peace talks with Ukraine will resume in the near future.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said no such talks have taken place since February and that Moscow would not publicly discuss possible elements of a peace settlement.
The comments came after Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump spoke by phone on Tuesday about prospects for ending the war.
The Kremlin also says the issue of a prisoner exchange between Russia and the United States remains constantly on the agenda.
The Kremlin says European countries are facing a difficult situation amid rising gas prices and could buy cheaper gas from Russia instead.
European natural gas prices have surged amid the war in Iran, reaching their highest level last week since late 2022, when the Ukraine conflict began and Europe cut off Russian pipeline gas.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Europe was harming itself by buying expensive gas on spot markets rather than choosing the cheaper Russian option.
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha has reiterated Kyiv's call for more air defence systems and interceptors, particularly those which can take down ballistic missiles, in a post on X.
“Russia should enter this winter knowing that the sky over Ukraine is becoming harder to penetrate, that the missiles and drones it produces will increasingly be intercepted, and that the industries, technologies, revenues, and supply chains sustaining its attacks will face disruption and growing price(s),” he added.
Ukraine's General Staff has confirmed it hit a fuel oil terminal during strikes on the Russian port city of Novorossiysk overnight, in a statement on Telegram.
Earlier, regional governor Veniamin Kondratyev said that four people, including a child, were killed in Ukrainian strikes on the city in southern Russia.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Kyiv struck a naval base in the city.
Russia’s Foreign Affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said German President Friedrich Merz and his team “bear full responsibility” for the consequences of what she described as their “destruction” of bilateral ties between Germany and Russia.
She dismissed Germany’s claim that Russia was behind an attempted drone attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport in August as “lies.”
Germany responded by closing two Russian diplomatic missions in the country and ordering a Russian cultural and information centre in Berlin to shut. Russia retaliated by ordering the closure of Germany’s consulate in St.Petersburg, as well as Goethe-Institut cultural centres.
Moscow hopes that peace talks between Ukraine and Russia, mediated by the U.S., will resume in the near future, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
No such talks have taken place since February. The Kremlin will not publicly discuss potential elements of a possible peace settlement, Peskov added.
He was speaking after Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. President Donald Trump had a telephone call on Tuesday to discuss prospects for ending the war.
A European Union court has rejected Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich's appeal to lift sanctions imposed on him following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Abramovich, the former owner of Chelsea football club, is the majority shareholder in Evraz, one of Russia's largest steel and mining groups.
Russian soldiers have taken control of the village of Ozernoye in Ukraine's northeast Kharkiv region, Russian state news agency TASS has reported, citing Moscow's Defence Ministry.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has confirmed that Ukraine struck a naval base in Russia's southern port city of Novorossiysk overnight in a post on X.
“A naval base was hit, including a terminal used to load oil, military port facilities, and warships carrying Kalibr missiles," he said.
Russia's Ministry of Defence has confirmed its forces struck the Starokazache border crossing checkpoint between Moldova and Ukraine, Russian state news agency TASS has reported. It said that the crossing was used to transport military cargo to Ukraine from Romania, via Moldova.
Ukrainian strikes on Russia have killed 47 people this week, Moscow's Foreign Ministry has said in a statement on X.
The EU’s top court has dismissed Hungary’s legal challenge against the allocation of profits generated by frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Germany would continue supporting Ukraine, saying the country was also “defending our freedom.”
Russia’s Defence Ministry said its forces struck a Ukrainian cargo vessel carrying military equipment in the Black Sea as it headed towards the port of Odesa.
Moscow also said it targeted a warehouse in Kyiv belonging to a company that manufactures drones.
There was no immediate confirmation from Ukraine, and the Russian claims could not be independently verified.
Russian military vessels were destroyed in overnight strikes on the Black Sea city of Novorossiysk, Ukraine's drone forces commander, Robert Brovdi, has said in a post on Telegram. Brovdi said missile carriers were among the vessels “lost” at the base, but did not say how many ships had been struck.
Four people, including a child, were killed in Ukrainian drone attacks on the city of Novorossiysk, southern Russia, Veniamin Kondratyev, Governor of the Krasnodar region, sad in a statement on Telegram.
Another 29 people were injured in the strikes, Kondratyev added, noting that they were currently receiving medical care.
He said that five apartment buildings, a church and a kindergarten were also damaged in the attacks.
Two people were killed in the Russian strike overnight on a border checkpoint between Ukraine and Moldova, Oleh Kiper, Governor of Odesa, has said on Telegram. Another three people were injured in the incident, while 16 others were evacuated to safety, he added.
Russian air strikes have damaged port, transport and civilian infrastructure in Mykolaiv, southern Ukraine, in an attack that killed one person and left several others injured, a local official said on Telegram.
Multiple districts of Kyiv were struck overnight, triggering fires but no casualties, Ukraine's State Emergency Service said on Telegram.
Russia hit a checkpoint on the Ukraine-Moldova border overnight, killing travellers in the vicinity, Ukraine's border guard service has said on Telegram. The border service didn't give details about the number of people who died.
The checkpoint near the village of Starokozache, southwestern Ukraine, is currently closed due to the attack.
Five employees of a Russian cultural and information centre in Berlin have arrived in Belarus after German authorities closed the institution, Russian state news agency TASS reported.
Germany announced the closure of the Russian House, among other measures, on 1 September after it blamed Russia for an apparent attempted drone attack at Leipzig/Halle Airport in August. Russia has rejected the accusations.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says he believes it's possible to resume Russia-Ukraine peace talks in the coming weeks, Russian state news agency TASS has reported, citing remarks made by Rubio in Colombia.
“I think there's an opportunity in the next few weeks to develop a plan of action to resume negotiations and, perhaps, reach a solution that's acceptable to both sides,” he said, in a response to journalists' questions broadcast on American television channels.
Two people, a 51-year-old man and a 52-year-old woman, were hospitalised in Dnipro, east-central Ukraine, following Russian strikes overnight, Oleksandr Ganzha, Head of the Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Administration, said in a post on Telegram.
Drones hit an oil terminal in the southern Russian city of Novorossiysk overnight, Ukrainian newspaper The Kyiv Independent has reported, citing monitoring channels.
Andrey Kravchenko, Novorossiysk Mayor, confirmed on Telegram that drone strikes have occurred, warning residents to take shelter in windowless rooms or basements.
Novorossiysk, a frequent target of Ukrainian drone strikes, is a major outlet for Russian oil, oil products and grain exports, among other commodities.
In Kherson on Ukraine's Black Sea coast, a 70-year-old woman was killed when a Russian drone hit an apartment block, Oleksandr Prokudin, Head of the Kerson Regional Military Administration said on Telegram.
Oleh Syniehubov, Governor of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, said three people were injured during a Russian drone attack on the village of Zolochiv. Administrative buildings were damaged in the incident, he added.
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