Russia is intensifying drone strikes on Ukraine’s rail network, a critical lifeline for commercial freight, passenger traffic and military logistics.

Russia has carried out three large-scale strikes on gas infrastructure belonging to Naftogaz Group, the largest national oil and gas company of Ukraine, over the past seven days. In addition, one of Naftogaz's combined heat and power plants came under Russian attack on the night of 14-15 October.

United States Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said ‘firepower’ is coming to Ukraine through European nations’ purchases of US weapons, but whether that includes American-made Tomahawk missiles is still not clear.

The increasing attacks are part of Russia's broader targeting of infrastructure that now is being carried out with greater precision thanks to advances in long-range drone technology that include on-board video feed.

A United Nations humanitarian convoy was hit by a Russian drone strike in Ukraine, Italy’s foreign minister has said. Antonio Tajani posted on X that an Italian official was accompanying the convoy as it travelled in Kherson Oblast on Tuesday.

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday he expected more NATO countries to buy American arms for Ukraine, as the alliance sought to bolster Kyiv and its own ability to

The Kremlin will negotiate only if missiles and drones bring the pain of war home to Russians, Ukrainian officials say.

When Russia destroyed Ukraine’s Kakhovka Hydroelectric Dam in June 2023, unleashing catastrophic floods across the country’s south, it seemed like such a blatant act of environmental and humanitarian devastation might finally jolt the international community into taking more action to support Ukraine.

Russian drone and missile strikes caused blackouts across large swaths of Ukraine, damaged residential buildings and injured at least 20 people in Kyiv, authorities said.