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Major Russian grain export terminals hit in Ukraine Black Sea port attack

BBC News

A massive Ukrainian drone and missile strike on Russia's port of Novorossiysk has damaged two major grain export terminals and hit the last big Russian naval base on the Black Sea, reports say. Three people, including an eight-year-old child, were killed and another 24 injured in the overnight attack, local officials said. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv had launched rockets, jet and naval drones in a unique operation to strike the Russian base, although he did not mention grain terminals being hit. Ukraine's military later said four Russian warships, including two frigates, were hit. Russia has not commented on the issue.


Ukraine pounds Black Sea Fleet's 'last major stronghold' while Putin flexes naval power in Pacific

FOX News

Vladimir Putin threatened to seize European merchant ships in retaliation aboard missile cruiser Varyag during massive Pacific Fleet war games involving 13,000 personnel and 60 vessels.


Ukraine's strikes on Russia's Wildberries 'aren't about the front line'

Al Jazeera

Is the war entering a new phase? Wildberries under fire: Why is Ukraine targeting a Russian retail giant? Many have compared Wildberries, Russia's largest online retailer, to Amazon, and some claim that, as in the case of the US company, shopping on its website or app feels addictive. "I know many people that are really addicted to it," Aleksandra, an accountant and mother in the Urals Mountains city of Yekaterinburg, Russia's fourth-largest, told Al Jazeera, withholding her last name for security purposes. "They add things to their basket, wait for discounts, make up their minds about what to buy, then decide to buy it again."


Three killed in overnight attacks on Russian, Ukrainian port cities

Al Jazeera

Is the war entering a new phase? Russia and Ukraine have traded deadly overnight drone attacks, killing three people in Ukraine's southern port city of Kherson and Russia's Black Sea port city of Novorossiysk, according to regional officials. A Ukrainian drone attack on Novorossiysk overnight Tuesday into Wednesday killed a child, injured another child and woman, and damaged dozens of buildings, including homes, reported mayor Andrei Kravchenko. "Novorossiysk endured a horrific night," Kravchenko wrote in a post on Telegram. In the broader Krasnodar region, where Novorossiysk is located, eight people were injured, according to the regional governor, Veniamin Kondratyev.


Russia using North Korean missiles to strike Ukraine, Zelensky says

BBC News

Ukraine and Russia have continued striking each other overnight, with Volodymyr Zelensky accusing Moscow of using North Korean missiles. The Ukrainian president said strikes in Zaporizhzhia - which killed at least six and injured at least 19 - involved ballistic missiles from Russia's ally. In Voronezh, in southern Russia, warehouses belonging to the online retailer, Wildberries, were hit by Ukraine. The company, known as Russia's Amazon, has been repeatedly targeted in recent weeks. The attacks come a day after at least 13 people were killed, including one child, in Ukrainian drone strikes on the Russian republic of Tatarstan, more than 1,100 km (680 miles) from the Ukrainian border.


Russian attacks kill six in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia

Al Jazeera

Is the war entering a new phase? Russian attacks kill six in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Overnight Russian attacks have killed six people in southeastern Ukraine and struck a children's hospital in the capital Kyiv, according to local officials. The attacks early Tuesday included long-range missiles, officials said, part of a Russian campaign to overwhelm Ukraine's air defences as Kyiv faces a shortage of Patriot interceptors . He posted pictures on social media showing buildings and vehicles ablaze, and said there had also been power outages. A ballistic missile attack on Kyiv also caused damage and wounded one person.


'Long-range sanctions': Ukraine hopes strikes cause Russia fear and losses

Al Jazeera

Is the war entering a new phase? 'Long-range sanctions': Ukraine hopes strikes cause Russia fear and losses Then come indistinguishable shouts of male voices, followed by a crescendo - a loud sound like scissors tearing through wrapping paper. "Like an orchestra, every part has to work together in order for us to achieve effective strikes," says Colonel Ray, commander of the Kairos Battalion of the Magyars Birds Brigade. The drone, roughly the length of a compact SUV with a wingspan of nearly 6 metres (19.7 feet), climbs into the night. Where exactly it is headed is known only to him.


'Like the movies': How Ukraine's ground robots are changing rules of war

Al Jazeera

Is the war entering a new phase? 'Like the movies': How Ukraine's ground robots are changing rules of war A ground robot carrying ammunition and resembling a real-life cousin of Wall-E, the 2008 Pixar cartoon's rusty protagonist, got stuck late one night in a trench in northeastern Ukraine. Named Murakha (ant in Ukrainian), the robot was a bit more than a metre high, but had a large clearance to trudge across rugged terrain, bombed-out streets, mud, sleet or snow on tank-like tracks at up to 12km (7.5 miles) per hour. Sending a human rescue team to the front-line area was deemed too dangerous, an officer in charge of planning robotic missions said. Instead, the pilots managed to get another Murakha to pull the first one out with a rope.


At least 13 killed in Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Tatarstan region, officials say

BBC News

At least 13 killed in Ukrainian strike on Russia's Tatarstan region, officials say At least 13 people have been killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on the Russian republic of Tatarstan, officials have said. One child was among the victims with 75 more people injured, Russian authorities said, in one of the deadliest single attacks on Russia since the start of Moscow's full-scale war in Ukraine. Kyiv has not yet commented on the strike on the city of Nizhnekamsk, which is more than 1,100 kilometres (680m) from the Ukrainian border. Ukraine's Armed Forces confirmed Nizhnekamsk's Tanevo oil refinery had been hit, while Ukrainian defence technology manufacturer FirePoint said its FP-1 drones had been used in the attack. The strike lasted several hours overnight and into the morning, local sources say.


Moscow, Kyiv assassins hunt weapons bosses as Ukraine war spills beyond the battlefield

FOX News

Drone manufacturers in the Russia-Ukraine war face a growing threat as executives and engineers are targeted in car bombings, shootings, and espionage plots.