Ukraine launches drone attacks on Russia’s largest Baltic oil export port Primorsk and targets multiple shadow fleet tankers. Deadly Russian airstrikes also hit Ukraine on the same day.
Russia launched 269 drones overnight hitting 15 Ukrainian locations, killing 10; Ukraine retaliated, striking Russian shadow fleet tankers and a Kalibr-carrying corvette.
A Ukrainian drone attack has caused a major fire at Primorsk, Russia’s key Baltic oil export terminal.
President Zelensky announced Ukrainian drone strikes on three Russian oil tankers, a cruise-missile corvette, and a patrol boat, while also significantly damaging the Primorsk oil terminal on the Baltic Sea. Russian strikes killed 10 and injured 76 across Ukraine.
BBC analysis shows the US-Israeli war in Iran has unexpectedly elevated Ukraine’s international standing, with Zelensky signing defence deals with three Gulf states.
Ukraine continues striking Russian oil facilities deep inside the country with drones, with toxic rain reported on the Black Sea coast. But soaring fuel prices may undermine the strategic effectiveness of the campaign.
Russian forces have advanced to the outskirts of Kostiantynivka, a fortified Ukrainian stronghold in the east, which faces its most severe test since the conflict began.
The entire jury of the Venice Biennale resigns just nine days before the prestigious art exhibition opens, amid controversy over Russia’s return for the first time since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The Kremlin has announced that the May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow will be scaled back due to a ’terrorist threat’ from Ukraine, with military vehicles and military school cadets excluded — the first time armored columns have been absent since the invasion of Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy accuses Israel of allowing grain stolen from occupied Ukrainian territories to enter its ports, triggering a major diplomatic dispute between the two nations.