- Aug 24
Ukraine expands logistics strikes to Ozon warehouses after hitting 15 Wildberries hubs
Ukrainian drones struck Ozon logistics centres in Orenburg and Samara for two straight days, forcing more than 300 evacuations following earlier strikes on 15 Wildberries facilities.
- 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 23
Ukrainian drones strike Russian e-commerce hub in Orenburg as Zelensky rejects election calls
Debris from intercepted Ukrainian drones ignited a fire at an Ozon warehouse in Orenburg, 1,000 kilometres from Ukraine, while Kyiv faced strikes in Kharkiv and political debate over wartime voting.
- 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.
- Jun 30
Ukrainian drone strikes force Russia to seek fuel imports as shortages spread from Moscow to Siberia
Ukrainian drone attacks on refineries have caused widespread gasoline shortages across Russia, forcing the Kremlin to consider emergency imports and sparking rationing from Moscow to Siberia.
- Jun 29
Russia hands down first prison terms under LGBT extremist ban, sentencing Orenburg club owner to 7 years
A court in Orenburg sentenced three staff of the Pose nightclub to between two and seven years in prison for organising and participating in the activities of what Russia designates as an extremist LGBT movement, the first known conviction under the 2023 ban.
