Ukraine-Russia war live: Three killed in Kyiv drone attack on Moscow as strikes on oil facilities continue

Ukraine’s increasing attacks on Russian oil infrastructure has forced the officials to suspend their operations.

Robert Brovdi, Ukraine’s drone forces chief said his units had hit 10 tankers and four ferries on Saturday to Sunday overnight, as well as a major oil refinery in the city of Syzran. There had been several strikes on electricity substations in occupied Crimea, he added.

A Ukrainian drone struck a tanker as it was entering the Azov-Black Sea Canal, Yury Slyusar, governor of Russia’s Rostov region, said on Sunday.

The fire caused by the ⁠attack has ​been brought ⁠under control and there was no risk of ⁠an oil spill because ​the ⁠vessel was empty, ‌Slyusar said on messaging app Telegram, adding that there were ‌no casualties.

The Ukrainian military ‌has recently attacked more than 40 Russian tankers in the ⁠Sea of Azov as part of what Ukraine describes as a campaign aimed at disrupting fuel supplies to Russian forces and isolating Moscow-occupied Crimea.

At least three people were killed and five injured in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Moscow Region, governor Andrei Vorobyov said this morning.

Air defence units downed 81 drones ‌over ​the ‌region overnight, he ⁠added.

Russia’s banned spies, which faced the international wrath in their deployed countries, have started turning up in Japan and using their technology, according to a report by The New York Times.

The spies kicked out of the western nations following the full-scale invasion launched by Russian president Vladimir Putin.

Japan’s weak espionage laws and sought-after technology industry has made it lucrative for Russia to operate a part of its war effort through the country.

At least 90 per cent of Russian missiles and drones include Japanese components, said the Ukrainian government in its new estimates.

Russia is also operating its 20th Directorate, a military intelligence unit, which has unit officers pretending to be diplomats or business people holding important positions as they purchase or steal combat technology to introduce it to Russia, said former and serving members of five Western intelligence agencies, the report added.

Western allies will seek to secure more air-defence commitments for Ukraine when they meet in Paris today, as shortages have left it increasingly exposed to Russian ballistic missiles, despite recent shifts in momentum on ⁠the battlefield.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky will be joined by at least 25 leaders for a meeting of the Coalition of the Willing, part of broader efforts that include putting together a common position that could be taken to Russia, and security guarantees to support any eventual peace deal.

“The ballistic ⁠missiles launched by (Russian president) Vladimir Putin are deliberately targeting civilian zones and June was one of the most ​murderous (months) ⁠since the start of the war,” foreign minister ‌Jean-Noel Barrot said in an interview with Ouest-France newspaper on Sunday.

Russia says it only attacks targets of military relevance and denies targeting civilians.

Briefing reporters, a French presidency official said the focus would be anti-ballistic-missile cooperation ranging ‌from sourcing more US Patriot interceptors and advancing the deployment of the ‌Franco-Italian SAMP-T air defence system to looking at how the European and Ukrainian defence industries can develop alternatives.

One option under consideration was for different European nations to cooperate on a system that would complement SAMP-T and/or Patriot and give Ukraine a significant role in production.

Ukraine is ⁠critically low on munitions for its systems and has been largely unable to down ballistic missiles, which travel at several times the speed of sound, over the past month.

It has pleaded with allies for more supplies and has also pushed Europe to work with it on its own anti-ballistic air defence system.

As Russia’s strikes have increased, Kyiv has also intensified drone attacks inside Russia, targeting oil facilities and weapons production to undermine Moscow’s economic ability to press on with its war.

CCTV footage from a coffee shop in Sumy showed the moment a Russian strike hit and people crouched on the floor as explosions were heard nearby.

Five people were killed and at least 30 injured when glide bombs hit the north eastern city of Sumy on Saturday, mayor Artem Kobzar said on Telegram.

Ukrainian prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko has stepped down as president Volodymyr Zelensky announced fresh changes to Ukraine’s government, saying he had offered a new and important position to the former premier.

Zelensky, who has remained in office under martial law because wartime elections are prohibited, has periodically reshuffled his government in an effort to bring fresh momentum to his administration.

Svyrydenko, who has served as Ukraine’s economy minister, was named prime minister in July 2025 at the age of 39 after playing a lead role in securing a mineral agreement between Ukraine and the United States, seen as an important way of tying US interests to Ukraine’s security.

In a statement on social media, Svyrydenko said she was “proud to have had the honour of leading the government during one of the most difficult periods in Ukraine’s modern history.” She also said she had discussed “next steps” with Zelensky, but did not provide further details.

“I remain ready to serve the Ukrainian state and carry out every task aimed at strengthening Ukraine’s position, defending our national interests and bringing a just peace closer,” she said.

The West has long assumed pressure would force Russia to moderate or collapse. Both assumptions misunderstand how the Kremlin responds to weakness, says senior policy adviser Dan Sleat

International leaders from NATO allies, Ukraine, and Israel have paid tribute to Senator Lindsey Graham, remembering him as a steadfast friend, partner, and advocate for trans-Atlantic relations.

The Republican senator was a consistent presence on the global foreign policy stage, particularly during president Donald Trump’s tenure. Senator Graham had recently visited Ukraine, and just days before, he announced an agreement with the Trump administration to advance a package of sanctions against Russia.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky noted Graham’s ten visits to Ukraine during Russia’s full-scale invasion, stating, “He was here with our people when it was most needed.” Zelenskyy added, “Lindsey was a true defender of freedom and the values that make our world safer.”

Ukraine says it destroyed 14 Russian vessels overnight on Sunday as it looks to wipe out its shadow fleet.

Robert “Madyar” Brovdi, commander of Ukraine’s Unmanned Systems Forces said that his team had destroyed 10 tankers and four ferries.

He said a Russian tanker, tugboat, cargo ship, or other vessels in the Azov Sea were hit every 112 minutes during the week, Kyiv Independent reported.

Four people were killed in a Ukrainian drone attack on the Russian-controlled town of Energodar.

Alexei Likhachev, head of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, said on Sunday that a further four were injured.

Enerhodar, home to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, fell to ‌Russian ​forces ‌within weeks ⁠of Russia’s ⁠full-scale invasion of ‌Ukraine ​in ‌February ​2022.