The prolonged barrage began in midmorning and lasted for hours, hitting the capital of Kyiv, the western city of Lviv near Poland, and the port of Odesa on the Black Sea, among other population centers.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian drones smashed into another Russian refinery overnight, starting a fire that produced huge clouds of black smoke, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, in what appeared to be the latest long-range attack on Moscow’s vital oil industry.

What is known about Russia's nighttime strike on Ukraine? Starting on the evening of June 15, Russia launched more than 130 attack drones and two ballistic missiles at Ukraine overnight on June 16, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

Ukrainian drones struck a Russian fuel depot, oil pumping station and a refinery in an escalating campaign of strikes against energy infrastructure often hundreds of miles inside Russia.

Ukraine launched fresh strikes on Russian energy sites overnight into Sunday, Russian authorities and media reported, while Kyiv denied Russian claims that a Ukrainian drone struck a key Kremlin-occupied nuclear plant. Drone debris set fire to a fuel ...

Ukraine’s ramped-up attacks on Russia's oil sector this year had led to production cuts and shortages, highlighting improved tactics and successes for Kyiv.