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Kinzhal missiles are difficult to intercept with current defence systems due to their high speed and explosive power

The first strike was delivered by a guided French aerial bomb, and the second by a American HIMARS projectile

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post that the strike on Saturday hit an "ordinary civilian" site

Ukrainian officials reported intense combat, characterised by relentless assaults by Russian forces, as the ongoing attack on an eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka entered its fifth consecutive day

The drone attack appeared to be Kyiv's largest single cross-border drone assault reported by Moscow since it launched its invasion 20 months ago.

Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, accompanied by a number of business leaders, is visiting Ukraine on Saturday for talks with his counterpart to show support

Russia launched a series of missiles and air strikes on Ukraine's residential buildings and other civilian infrastructure

The shelling near the city of Kupiansk came as UK officials said that Russia may try to retake the area, which was captured by Kyiv in a lightning counteroffensive last September after more than six months of Russian occupation.

It blamed the attack on Ukraine and said two other drones were shot down by air defense systems in the Mozhaisk and Khimki areas of the Moscow region.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday vowed stern retaliation for a Russian missile strike in the center of the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv that killed seven people

Russian currency passed 101 rubles to the dollar, continuing a more than 25% decline in its value since the beginning of the year

Russia thwarted an attack by 20 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow-annexed Crimea overnight, the Russian Defence Ministry said

Russian air defence systems on Thursday shot down two drones heading toward Moscow for a second straight day, officials said

Ukrainian officials on Tuesday accused the Kremlin's forces of targeting rescue workers by hitting residential buildings with two consecutive missiles

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that a guided bomb had hit a blood transfusion centre in the area's Kupyan district late on August 5

The repeated drone strikes underscore Moscow's vulnerability as Russia's war in Ukraine drags into its 18th month.

Russian missiles slammed into an apartment complex and a university building in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih

Photos from the site of the crash showed the facade of a skyscraper damaged on one floor.

The surge in troops and firepower has been centred on the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, a Western official said