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.

The attack began in midmorning and lasted for hours in the capital of Kyiv, the western city of Lviv near Poland, and the port of Odesa on the Black Sea, among other population centres, Zelanskyy said on the Telegram messaging app.

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.

Russia fired dozens of drones at Ukraine in nighttime attacks, Ukrainian officials said Wednesday, disregarding a unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv that began at midnight. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that Ukraine hadn’t abided by its own ceasefire,

After the United States and Israel began their war against Iran this year, those two countries and Persian Gulf nations used hundreds of costly interceptor missiles to shoot down inexpensive Iranian-made Shaheds. Ukraine quickly offered its cheap interceptor drones, without A.I. systems, as an alternative.

Russian missile, drone strikes kill at least 22 people across Ukraine, authorities say, after President Zelenskyy warned Moscow was planning a "massive new strike."

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.

Drones launched by both Russia and Ukraine are veering off course, menacing countries that are not at war and driving their citizens to seek shelter.

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.

Ukraine has new tech and momentum that's letting it make the kind of progress it hasn't seen in years.