Overnight Russian attacks have killed at least three people and injured more than a dozen in southeastern Ukraine. Governor Oleksandr Hanzha reported that drones damaged five petrol stations and killed a woman in the Dnipropetrovsk region early Wednesday. Additionally, a separate attack late Tuesday in Zaporizhzhia, the capital of the neighboring Zaporizhia region, killed two people, according to Ukrainian media.
Meanwhile, Kyiv has targeted a Russian oil refinery located more than 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) from the front line, signaling an expansion of Ukraine's long-range drone campaign. President Zelenskyy confirmed Ukraine is intensifying strikes deep inside Russia.
A day earlier, Russia stated it shot down 419 Ukrainian drones across the country, including in the Moscow region, where authorities reported the death of a six-month-old child.
In a recent television interview, President Putin reaffirmed Russia's intent to fully control four Ukrainian regions it annexed in 2022—Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, and Zaporizhia—rejecting a Ukrainian proposal to scale back fighting.
Zelenskyy also announced that 16 older aircraft would be transferred to Ukraine’s air force at the beginning of 2027, as agreed with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
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