Russia fired hundreds of drones at Ukraine between late Thursday (June 4, 2026) and early Friday (June 5), killing seven people and destroying a factory that produces milk products for children, authorities said.

Images published by Ukraine’s state emergency service showed the ruins of a building bearing the logo of Ukrainian dairy producer “Yagotynske for Kids”, its facade partly destroyed and flames visible on one floor.

“The enemy attacked a peaceful civilian food industry enterprise,” Kyiv region governor Mykola Kalashnyk said in a post on Telegram. “Unfortunately, the number of people killed as a result of the hostile attack has increased to four people,” he said in a later post.

Separate strikes on Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region killed two people, regional governor Oleksandr Ganzha said, while a drone strike in the southern Zaporizhzhia region killed one woman, according to the Ukrainian state emergency service.

Russia fired at least 216 drones at Ukraine between late Thursday (June 4) and early Friday (June 5), as well as two missiles, according to the Ukrainian air force.

Moscow and Kyiv have intensified drone strikes on each other in recent months as U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to end the war, now in its fifth year, remain stalled over the conflict in the West Asia.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky proposed a meeting with Vladimir Putin in an open letter to the Russian leader late Thursday (June 4), saying it was only the leaders who could resolve “key issues”.

The Kremlin said it was aware of the letter but that Mr. Putin had yet to review it. The Russian leader has previously ruled out meeting Zelensky before a final deal is agreed and has questioned his legitimacy.

Russia is demanding Ukraine fully withdraw from the eastern Donbas region as a precondition of any deal. Ukraine wants a full ceasefire along the current front lines, pending negotiations on a territorial settlement.

Ukraine’s military and regional officials on Monday (May 11, 2026) reported Russian drone strikes and battlefield clashes over ​the past 24 hours, despite a U.S.-brokered ceasefire.

Ukraine and ‌Russia agreed on Friday (May 8) to a ​ceasefire from May 9 to May 11 ⁠as part of a U.S.-led push for peace under President Donald Trump to end more than four years ‌of war since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022.

The ceasefire, which Mr. Trump said on ‌Friday (May 8) he hoped would be extended, was ‌already ⁠showing signs of strain on Sunday (May 11), ⁠when each side accused the other of violating it.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday (May 11) Moscow had refrained from large-scale ​aerial and missile ‌attacks but that it had continued assaults along parts of the long front where Russian forces are advancing.

Russia’s Defence Ministry accused Ukraine on Sunday ‌(May 11) of flouting the ceasefire, saying it had ​downed 57 Ukrainian drones over the past day and “responded in kind” on the ⁠battlefield. It did not immediately report on the battlefield situation on Monday (May 11).

In Ukraine, one person was killed ‌, and two people were wounded in the southeastern region of Zaporizhzhia, the regional governor said. Two were killed, and two were wounded in the southern region of Kherson, the Kherson region’s Governor said.

Three people were wounded in the neighbouring ‌Mykolaiv region, five were hurt in the northern region of ​Kharkiv, and four were wounded in the eastern region of Donetsk, according to reports ⁠by the regions’ Governors.

The General Staff of Ukraine’s ⁠military said 180 battlefield clashes had been recorded along the front line over the ‌past 24 hours and that Russian forces had on Sunday (May 11) deployed 8,037 “kamikaze” drones in attacks ​on settlements and military positions.

A ​Russian drone ‌attack overnight damaged port ​infrastructure ⁠in Ukraine’s southern region ‌of Odesa and wounded ‌two ‌in ⁠the city ⁠of Odesa, regional governor Oleh ​Kiper ‌said on Friday (May 1, 2026).

Two high-rise apartment buildings ‌were damaged ​in the attack, which ⁠wrecked apartments and ‌caused fires, Mr. Kiper wrote on the Telegram messaging ‌app.

Ukraine used interceptor systems to shoot down more than 33,000 Russian drones of various types in March, a record monthly figure since Moscow launched its all-out invasion more than four years ago, Ukraine’s defence minister claimed.

Meanwhile, Ukraine’s domestically developed long-range attack drones struck a Russian oil refinery and terminal on the Black Sea for the third time in less than two weeks, prompting the evacuation of local people as a precautionary measure.

“Ukraine’s air ​force downed ‌or neutralised 31 Russian ​missiles ⁠and 636 drones in ‌attacks at the country ‌over the ‌past ⁠24 ⁠hours,” it said on Thursday (April 16, 2026).

“During ​this ‌period, the enemy launched two waves of combined ‌attacks on ​Ukrainian territory, using ⁠ground-based and air-launched missiles, as ‌well as attack drones,” the air force said in ‌a statement ​on Telegram. “Overall, it detected ⁠703 Russian ⁠aerial targets,” the statement added.

A temporary ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine for Orthodox Easter is set to begin on Saturday (April 11, 2026) afternoon, as U.S.-led diplomatic efforts to end the war falter.

The Kremlin said it had ordered a temporary truce from Saturday at 4:00 p.m. (1300 GMT) until the end of Sunday, a 32-hour period.

A woman died ‍and three other people were injured ​in an overnight Ukrainian drone attack on ‌the southern Russian city ​of Voronezh, the region’s Governor Alexander Gusev said on Sunday (January 11, 2026).

More than 10 apartment buildings, about 10 private houses, a secondary school and several administrative buildings were damaged in the ​attack on the city, Mr. Gusev said ⁠on the Telegram messaging app.

“Our city was subjected to one of the heaviest drone attacks ​since the start ⁠of the special military operation,” Mr. Gusev said, using Moscow’s term for its war in Ukraine.

A residential building during a power blackout, that according to local authorities was caused by a recent Ukrainian missile attack targeting the regional energy system, amid the Russia-Ukraine military conflict in Belgorod, Russia, January 9, 2026.
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The full-scale of the attack ‌on Voronezh, which lies 470 km (292 ‌miles) from Moscow and roughly 250 km (155 miles) from the ‍border with Ukraine, was not immediately clear. Reuters could not independently verify ‍the reports.

Ukraine says it strikes targets inside Russia in the war that Moscow launched nearly four years ago to disrupt the Kremlin’s war effort and in response to repeated missile and drone attacks on Ukrainian ⁠cities and infrastructure, including energy facilities.

Russia launched a hypersonic missile on ​Friday (January 9, 2026) at a site in Ukraine near ⁠NATO-member Poland, a strike Kyiv’s European allies portrayed as an effort to deter them from continuing support for Ukraine. 

At least two people were killed in a drone attack in Russia’s southwestern Saratov region, and parts of Ukraine went without power following targeted assaults on energy infrastructure, local authorities said Saturday (December 13, 2025), as U.S.-led peace talks on ending the war press on.

The drone attack damaged a residential building, and several windows were also blown out at a kindergarten and clinic, said Saratov regional Gov. Roman Busargin.

Russia’s Defence Ministry said it had shot down 41 Ukrainian drones over Russian territory overnight.

In Ukraine, Russia launched overnight drone and missile strikes on five Ukrainian regions, targeting energy and port infrastructure.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had sent over 450 drones and 30 missiles into Ukraine overnight.

“Thousands of families are now left without electricity after strikes last night in Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv, Odesa, Sumy, Kharkiv, Kherson and Chernihiv regions,” he wrote on Telegram.

An attack on the Black Sea city of Odesa caused grain silos to catch fire at the port, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister and Reconstruction Minister Oleksiy Kuleba said.

Two people were wounded in attacks on the wider Odesa region, according to regional head Oleh Kiper.

Kyiv and its Western allies say Russia is trying to cripple the Ukrainian power grid and deny civilians access to heat, light and running water for a fourth consecutive winter, in what Ukrainian officials call “weaponising” the cold.

The latest round of attacks came after Kremlin adviser Yuri Ushakov said on Friday (December 12, 2025) that Russian police and National Guard will stay on in eastern Ukraine’s Donbas and oversee the industry-rich region, even if a peace settlement ends Russia’s nearly four-year war in Ukraine. This underscores Moscow’s ambition to maintain its presence in Donbas post-war. Ukraine is likely to reject such a stance as U.S.-led negotiations drag on.

Moscow will give its blessing to a ceasefire only after Ukraine’s forces have withdrawn from the front line, Mr. Ushakov said in comments published in Russian business daily Kommersant.

Meanwhile, Germany is set to host Mr. Zelenskyy on Monday (December 15, 2025) for talks as peace efforts gain momentum and European leaders seek to steer negotiations.

For months, American negotiators have tried to navigate the demands of each side as U.S. President Donald Trump presses for a swift end to Russia’s war while growing increasingly exasperated by delays. The search for possible compromises has run into a major obstacle over who keeps Ukrainian territory currently occupied by Russian forces.

A Russian attack on Ukraine’s southern region of Odesa sparked fires at the port and energy infrastructure facilities, emergency services said on Monday (November 17, 2025).

“The attack damaged port equipment and several civilian vessels moored at the berths,” Deputy Prime Minister for Restoration Oleksii Kuleba wrote on Telegram. He further added, “One of the ports is experiencing power outages, and specialists are already working to restore power.”

“The attack on the region cut power to 36,500 households,” Ukraine’s private energy firm DTEK said on Monday (November 17, 2025). Some 32,500 households remained without power as of the morning.

DTEK reported significant damage to its facilities following the overnight attack in a post on the Telegram messaging app.