Russia has fired dozens of drones at Ukraine, ignoring a unilateral ceasefire announced by Kyiv. Ukrainian officials reported the attacks on Wednesday.

Russia fired dozens of drones at Ukraine overnight, disregarding a ceasefire announced by Kyiv that took effect at midnight. A Russian drone strike hit a kindergarten in Ukraine’s Sumy region, killing at least one person and injuring two others,

Fire has already spread across about 4,300 hectares Massive forest fire near the border of the Chernihiv region nearly doubled in size within one day and turned toward Russia, State Enterprise Forests of Ukraine reports.

I N USUAL TIMES Tuapse, a Russian port city on the Black Sea, and its surrounding villages are a popular summer destination, luring people from across the country to a short stretch of the coastline. Just 70 miles (113km) away is Sochi, the site of the 2014 Winter Olympics and one of the favourite residences of Vladimir Putin, Russia’s president.

Ukraine’s battlefield innovations are challenging Russia’s artillery, pushing it toward drones, ground robots, and new tactics to sustain battlefield fires.

A fire at a marine terminal in Russia’s Black Sea port of Tuapse was extinguished following Friday’s Ukrainian drone strike, Krasnodar region emergency authorities said on Telegram.

Kyiv has intensified its strikes on Russian energy sites in recent weeks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Russia launched a series of large-scale attacks on Ukraine this week, firing more than 1,000 drones in the last 36 hours, as Moscow launches a new campaign on the battlefield.

He said he hoped the pause represented “the beginning of the end of a very long, deadly, and hard fought War.” Zelensky and the Kremlin confirmed the truce as part of on-and-off U.S. efforts to negotiate an end to the conflict.