Power cuts in five regions of Ukraine following Russian strikes
Attacks by the Russian army are partly depriving residents of electricity in five regions of Ukraine, says energy operator NPC Ukrenergo on Facebook. These are the regions of Sumy, Kharkiv, Chernihiv, Donetsk and Dnipropetrovsk.
Death toll from Mykolaiv attack rises to 4
The Russian attack this morning in Mykolaiv in Ukraine left four dead. Houses and cars were damaged by Russian bombings, the regional prosecutor’s office said on Telegram. The victims are civilians, two men and two women.
Russian strikes leave 2 dead and 4 injured in the Donetsk region
Russian bombings cost the lives of two people and injured four others in the Donetsk region of Ukraine, according to the head of the regional military administration on Facebook.
Russia launched 117 drones in Ukraine last night
The Ukrainian Air Force indicates on Facebook that the Russian army launched 117 drones over Ukraine during the night from Thursday to Friday. The Ukrainian military claims to have been able to neutralize 102 of the 117 aircraft. According to the Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform, a drone caused a fire to start on an infrastructure in the Kiev region, but the fire was brought under control.
Russian drone strike kills 1 in Mykolaiv, Ukraine
Russian drones attacked the town of Mykolaiv in Ukraine this morning, leaving one dead and one injured, according to the head of the regional military administration on Telegram.
More than $10 million to repair the sarcophagus of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant
Norway will mobilize $10.6 million for the repair of the protective structure covering reactor No. 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, the Norwegian embassy in Ukraine announced on Facebook. The structure had been damaged by a Russian drone strike in February 2025. No increase in radiation levels was reported after the incident.
European ambassadors plead in Moscow for Russia-Ukraine talks
The ambassadors of France, Great Britain and Germany met the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in Moscow on Thursday. The meeting was organized by Russia at the request of Western diplomats. The ambassadors called for direct talks between Russians and Ukrainians. Volodymyr Zelensky defends the idea of a “direct dialogue” between Ukraine and Russia with a view to ending the conflict that began more than four years ago.
Ukrainian army strikes oil refinery in Russia, military targets in occupied territories
Volodymyr Zelensky’s army claims to have struck the Afipsky oil refinery in the Krasnodar region of Russia. A fire reportedly broke out on the site after the strike. The Ukrainians indicate that they have also targeted a warship manufacturing site in Sevastopol, Russian drone storage sites and command posts in the occupied Ukrainian territories, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on Facebook.
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