- Aug 30
Russian strike on Kyiv ammunition depot kills 37 as Ukraine opens negligence probe
A Russian drone strike on an ammunition warehouse in Myla killed 37 people, prompting Ukrainian authorities to open a criminal investigation into improper weapons storage near residential areas.
- Aug 29
Ukraine asks UN aviation agency to ban flights in Russian airspace
Kyiv has formally asked the International Civil Aviation Organization to urge member states to ban flights in Russian airspace, citing drone operations, while Moscow rejected the warning and reported standard defense coordination.
- Aug 23
Russian Drones Strike Odesa-Bound Passenger Train Twice as Cross-Border Attacks Escalate
A Russian drone strike set fire to train No. 147 from Zhytomyr on Sunday, followed by a second attack during evacuation, while a strike at Lymanivka station killed one passenger.
- Aug 22
Ukrainian drone strikes hit Rosneft refinery and Ozon warehouse in Russia, killing at least 10
A wave of long-range Ukrainian drone strikes damaged an oil refinery and an e-commerce hub in Samara region, as regional death tolls across Russia reached at least 10.
- Aug 16
Russia repels 620 drones aimed at Moscow as Russian strike kills 10 in Kharkiv
Ukrainian forces launched 620 drones toward the Moscow region overnight, while a Russian missile strike killed at least 10 civilians in the Kharkiv region village of Pechenihy.
- Aug 15
Ukraine sends 600 drones at Moscow in one of war's largest attacks as Russia strikes Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih
Ukraine sent 600 drones toward the Moscow region overnight in one of the largest attacks of the war, hitting a Wildberries warehouse and killing at least six in Russia, while Russian missile strikes on Ukraine killed at least five.
- Aug 10
Ukrainian drone strike on Russian oil refinery in Tatarstan kills 13, including seven Uzbek citizens
A Ukrainian drone attack on the industrial city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Tatarstan region killed at least 13 people, including seven Uzbek citizens and a child, while Kyiv also struck a petrochemical facility 2,500 km away in Tobolsk.
- Aug 10
Russia claims capture of two villages near Kramatorsk as Ukraine reports 24 attacks repelled
Russia's Defence Ministry said its forces seized Vasyutinske and Toretsk in the Donetsk region, 8 and 20 kilometres from Kramatorsk, while Ukraine reported repelling 24 attacks and ordered the evacuation of 525 children from the Kramatorsk area.
- Aug 10
WHO humanitarian warehouse destroyed in Dnipro as overnight strikes kill five across Ukraine and Russia
A WHO humanitarian medical warehouse in Dnipro was struck and destroyed on Friday, with staff managing to evacuate 130 of roughly 300 pallets before the attack. Overnight strikes across Ukraine and Russia killed at least five civilians on day 1,627 of the conflict.
- Jul 30
Ukraine strikes Wildberries warehouse in Volgograd, Ozon evacuates Tatarstan hub as drone campaign against Russian e-commerce giants intensifies
Ukrainian drones set fire to a Wildberries logistics centre in Volgograd and a Lukoil refinery overnight, while Ozon evacuated its Zelenodolsk warehouse due to drone alerts, marking an escalation of attacks on Russia's e-commerce and energy infrastructure.
- Jul 27
Ukrainian drones kill two in Rostov-on-Don, injure 12 in Belgorod; Russian strikes hit Zaporizhzhia and Sumy
Overnight Ukrainian drone attacks on Russia's Rostov-on-Don and Belgorod killed at least two and wounded 17, while Russian airstrikes on Zaporizhzhia and Sumy left one dead and seven injured, according to local officials.
- Jul 24
Ukrainian drone strike hits St. Petersburg, sets warehouse ablaze and halts Wildberries logistics
A large fire erupted at a warehouse after a Ukrainian drone raid targeted Russia's St. Petersburg region overnight, with nearly 60 drones intercepted. Two Wildberries logistics centres suspended operations.
- Jul 19
Ukrainian drone strikes on Wildberries warehouses kill 8, wound dozens in Moscow and Tambov regions
Overnight drone attacks targeted logistics centres of Russia's largest online retailer in Kotovsk and Elektrostal, with Kyiv saying they supplied drone components.
- Jul 6
Russia strikes Kyiv with 68 missiles and 351 drones, killing at least 11, as Zelenski pleads for more air defense at NATO summit
At least 11 people were killed and dozens wounded in a massive Russian missile and drone attack on Kyiv overnight, as President Zelenski called for urgent air defense support ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara.
- Jul 5
Ukraine strikes St. Petersburg oil terminal again, claims 43% of Russian refining capacity disabled
Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and the Kronstadt naval base overnight, as Kyiv claimed its long-range campaign has knocked out nearly 43% of Russia's oil refining capacity.
- Jul 4
Russian missiles hit Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities overnight, killing at least three, ahead of NATO summit
Missile attacks on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities killed at least three people and wounded dozens overnight, as President Zelensky prepared to meet Donald Trump at a NATO summit in Ankara.
- Jul 4
US envoys Witkoff and Kushner urge compromise in Kyiv after Moscow talks with Putin
US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday following a meeting with Vladimir Putin in Moscow, urging both sides to compromise as the war threatens to continue into winter.
- Jul 1
Russia kills at least 30 in massive missile and drone attack on Kyiv, deadliest strike on the capital this year
Russia launched 74 missiles and 496 drones at Kyiv overnight, killing at least 30 civilians and injuring nearly 100 in what the mayor called the most massive attack on the capital. Moscow said the barrage was retaliation for Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil infrastructure.
- Jun 26
Russia says it downed 660 Ukrainian drones overnight, one of the highest tallies of the war
Moscow says air defences destroyed 660 Ukrainian drones across more than a dozen regions, including 47 aimed at the capital, in one of the largest barrages since the invasion began.
- Jun 6
Ukraine strikes St. Petersburg with hundreds of drones as Putin rejects Zelensky meeting at economic forum
Ukraine launched hundreds of drones at Russia overnight, targeting St. Petersburg on the final day of the country's flagship economic forum, hours after Vladimir Putin rejected a meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky.
