Russian drone attack Archives

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Romanian village evacuated after Russian drone hits gas ship 500 meters from border

Authorities emptied Plauru, a Romanian village, after a Russian drone struck a vessel carrying 4,000 tons of liquefied gas just 500 meters away on the Ukrainian side of the border near Izmail port.

byMaria Tril

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer discuss the "Octopus" interceptor drone, a joint UK-Ukraine production, shown in the foreground

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UK to bolster Ukraine’s sky shield with thousands of new “Octopus” interceptor drones and missiles

New systems aim to counter Russian attacks on civilian and energy infrastructure.

byMaxim Volovich

Russia human safari drone attacks civilians Kherson

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Russian drone kills 84-year-old goat herder who refused to abandon her animals

Larysa Vakuliuk stayed in Kherson despite daily attacks. She had responsibility towards her goats, she told journalist last month

byAlya Shandra

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy speaking at a press conference on 27 September, 2025.

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Zelenskyy: Russians use tankers to launch drones across Europe

Russian drones and aircraft have violated the airspace of eight NATO and EU countries throughout September, with incidents ranging from 12-minute fighter jet intrusions over Estonia to four-hour airport closures in Denmark.

byMaria Tril

A firefighter battles blazes in Kharkiv following the Russian drone attack on 23-24 September that damaged civilian infrastructure.

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“I didn’t think at my age I’d face this”: 82-year-old man describes Russian bombing of his home

Yuriy Babak from Zaporizhzhia shared that Russian bomb attack felt as if his roof was lifted up and down, while another civilian described how a chandelier fell right in front of her as she was going to rest.

byVira Kravchuk

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Ukraine, Romania coordinate air defense as Russian drones target border regions

Ukraine's top military commander thanked Romania for scrambling F-16 fighters during Russian attacks and discussed joint responses to aerial threats crossing their shared border.

byMaria Tril

Burned-out vehicles smolder in Zaporizhzhia following Russian aerial bomb attacks on 22 September 2025. The strikes killed three civilians and damaged residential areas across the city.

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“Deliberate terror against peaceful city:” Russian bombs kill three civilians and destroy homes and schools in Ukraine

Three civilians died in Zaporizhzhia on 22 September when aerial bombs struck residential neighborhoods during the 40-minute bombardment.

byVira Kravchuk

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Estonia сloses eastern border airspace after drone attacks hit St. Petersburg

Finland, Latvia and Estonia have now all restricted civilian flights near their Russian borders as Ukrainian drone operations targeting facilities in St. Petersburg and Leningrad region

byMaria Tril

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Lithuania introduces drone alert system with sirens and phone warnings

A two-color alert system featuring sirens and mobile notifications will warn Lithuanians when Russian drones cross into their territory, with red alerts for explosive-carrying aircraft and yellow for non-threatening UAVs

byMaria Tril

Three people in Kharkiv sustained injuries from drone debris in residential areas after the Russian overnight drone attack on 30 July.

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Russian daily terror of civilians in Ukraine continues: five injured and extensive damage

Three people were injured in Kharkiv as the drone debris landed on residential areas.

byVira Kravchuk

Kyiv apartment building struck as Russian drones target civilian areas across four Ukrainian regions on 28 July.

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Toddler hospitalized with shrapnel wounds after Russian overnight attack

The 3-year-old child was among eight civilians injured when a Russian drone struck a residential complex in Kyiv.

byVira Kravchuk

Russian drones hit residential buildings in Sumy Oblast, igniting fire and killing one civilian.

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Russian follow up strikes delay Ukrainian rescuers who rush to put out fire after deadly drone attack

A 78-year-old woman died in Sumy Oblast near the front line and multiple families sustained injuries from direct strikes on residential buildings.

byVira Kravchuk

Aftermath of the Russian drone strike that damaged a warehouse in Kharkiv Oblast on 30 June.

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Russian overnight drone swarms never end. Ukraine deals with fires, destruction and injured civilians

A drone attack on a vehicle service station in Kharkiv Oblast triggered a fire and left eight people wounded.

byVira Kravchuk

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Russian drone strike on Odesa kills teacher and husband, injures children — “We heard it coming, helpless” (updated)

A Russian Shahed drone struck a residential high-rise in Odesa, killing a married couple. At least 17 others were injured, including three young children.

byYevheniia Martyniuk

A residential building in Bilozerske, Donetsk Oblast, damaged after a Russian drone attack on 26 June.

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Russia maintains daily terror strikes on civilians amid stalled peace talks. Number of injured, killed only grows

One of the drone strikes hit a residential building in Donetsk Oblast, leaving five civilians injured on 26 June.

byVira Kravchuk

Russian drone attack killed people in their homes and destroyed houses in northeastern Sumy Oblast on the night of 24 June.

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Russia continues daily terror of civilians in Ukraine, kills a child and destroys homes while peace talks stalled

Emergency workers pulled three bodies from rubble, including one of a 5-year-old boy, after Russian overnight strikes demolished residential buildings on a single street in Sumy Oblast.

byVira Kravchuk

body recovered kharkiv after russia's 7 attack five still missing aftermath attacks oblast telegram/oleh syniehubov rescue workers discovered 10 under debris enterprise destroyed russia’s deadly overnight search more continues ukraine

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Body recovered in Kharkiv after Russia’s 7 June attack, five still missing

Rescuers continue searching the rubble of a bombed enterprise in Kyivskyi District.

byYuri Zoria

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The UN confirmed what I saw in Kherson: Russia is hunting civilians for sport

What I witnessed wasn't random violence—it was systematic hunting.

byZarina Zabrisky

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Forbes: Ukraine deploys AI turrets against record Russian drone attacks

The Sky Sentinel system costs one-hundredth the price of comparable US systems while defending against 120 mph drone attacks. A prototype Ukrainian robot gun has already shot down four Shahed drones

byMaria Tril

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Ukraine faces third consecutive night of massive Russian drone attacks

Russian forces conducted their most extensive missile and drone strikes of the full-scale war over the past 48 hours. Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, and Kharkiv oblasts sustained another Russian attack overnight on 26 May

byMaria Tril