Ukraine-Russia war live: ‘Eight killed’ in drone strike on warehouse of Russia’s largest online retailer

Fedorov, 35, is the last remaining minister to have held positions in all of Zelensky’s governments, with the tech-savvy reformer remaining close to the president since his election in 2019.

Parliament is now set to vote on his replacement by Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko, with it unclear as to whether Fedorov will be given another government job.

His supporters pointed to his role in turning battlefield momentum in Ukraine’s favour this year, through ramping up drone purchases and a crucial intervention to cut Russian units off from Starlink internet services.

Ukrainian drone pilots are watching the roads that keep Russian forces supplied closely, hunting for targets with a fleet that is reshaping the war’s battlefield.

In a basement in Kharkiv, hundreds of kilometers from the drone over Russian-held territory, pilots wait for movement. When a vehicle appears, they will nudge the controller, sending the aircraft diving toward its target to disrupt Russian supplies deep behind the front.

“Our mission is to cut logistics,” said Kat, commander of Ukraine’s K-2 brigade, which fires midrange drones. “Cut off their supply lines, and the infantry on the front line have no food, no ammunition, no night vision, no batteries. Nothing. That’s how we’re wearing them down in every sense.”

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The ​infrastructure of the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) terminal off Russia’s Black Sea coast is ⁠operating normally, Kazakhstan’s energy ministry said on Saturday, after an oil tanker was attacked ⁠and damaged by ​drones.

“The technological infrastructure is operating ⁠normally. The Caspian Pipeline Consortium ​is ⁠carrying out ‌cargo operations and loading oil onto tankers according to the ‌established schedule,” the energy ‌ministry said, adding that there was no threat to Kazakh ⁠oil.

Sources told Reuters on Friday that the attacked vessel, the Suezmax-class Nordic Zenith, had been chartered by US oil major ExxonMobil.

CPC did not ‌identify any party ​as responsible for the incident. ‌An Exxon ⁠spokesperson said the company ⁠does not discuss operational details for ‌marine ​transportation.

A brother and sister walk between the crosses at a military cemetery in Kyiv, holding a bunch of carnations. Each cross in that section reads: “unknown defender of Ukraine,” with an ID number below and a note that identification continues.

Yet there is one grave that stands out. Beneath the inscription is an attached photo showing Ihor Yalynych, a soldier last seen alive in 2022 in the Kharkiv region. After four years of searching, Stanislav and Oleksandra Yalynych found their father.

Identification of the dead is a reckoning that will stretch on for years, among the longest-lasting wounds of Russia’s war in Ukraine. Some graves may remain nameless forever, with the families left to wait.

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Senator Lindsey Graham’s sudden death has removed a “vital diplomatic buffer between Washington and Kyiv”, experts have said, complicating support for Ukraine at a vital juncture of the war with Russia.

Jaroslava Barbieri, a Research Fellow at the Ukraine Forum at Chatham House, told The Independent that Graham has been a critical voice in US foreign policy when it comes to support for Ukraine.

The death toll from Ukrainian strikes on online Russian retailer Wildberries has risen to eight, according to Russian authorities.

They also said around 60 people sustained injuries in the attacks on warehouses in Kotovsk and Elektrostal.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Telegram post on Saturday that Ukrainian long-range strikes hit two “significant logistical facilities in the Moscow and Tambov regions.”

“These facilities were used by the aggressor to supply sanctioned components for the production of drones and navigation equipment,” he wrote. An oil facility was also hit, he said.

The mood regarding the war in Ukraine has changed in recent months. Ukrainian drones have struck Russian oil infrastructure, causing fuel shortages across Russia. And the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is exuberant about finishing the war from a “position of strength”.

The hope is that an economic crisis in Russia leads to social unrest and political instability, possibly resulting in the collapse of the ruling regime. This would not be an unprecedented event in Russian history. The Soviet Union rapidly unravelled amid economic and political crisis in 1991. But how likely is this scenario for Russia today?

I have travelled to Russia yearly since 2022 and there has been a clear change in the mood, writes Alexander Titov.

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A Ukrainian drone attack has damaged buildings including a kindergarten in Elektrostal, Moscow region, on Saturday morning, according to Russian authorities.

The governor of the Moscow region Andrei Vorobyov shared this image following the strike.