Posted by Chinenye on Fri 13th Nov, 2026 - tori.ng
Russia and Ukraine are still attacking each other with drones, leaving at least seven people dead and many others injured.
(Ukrainian rescuers. Photo by The Guardian)
Russia and Ukraine have launched deadly overnight drone attacks that have killed at least seven people and damaged civilian infrastructure.
The strikes come as US led diplomatic efforts to end the nearly five year war carry on.
Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its air defences shot down 1198 Ukrainian drones across more than 15 regions.
It described it as one of the biggest air attacks Kyiv has launched since the war began.
In Russia's southern Volgograd region, local officials said four workers were killed in an industrial area that houses an oil refinery and a chemical plant.
In Ukraine, Russian strikes on several cities killed at least three people and injured others.
In Kyiv, an attack damaged a hospital and caused a fire, forcing patients and staff to take shelter.
One person was hurt. In the Odesa region, Governor Oleg Kiper said two people were killed and five wounded as homes and cars were damaged.
In southeastern Zaporizhzhia, a 17 year old boy was killed, and four people pulled from the rubble were injured.
In the northwestern city of Rivne, a strike damaged a kindergarten and injured six people, including two children.
The attacks came as US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner spent hours talking with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday.
They then travelled to Dublin to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukraine has been hitting Russian energy sites to cut into Moscow's oil income and weaken its ability to fund the war.
Russia, for its part, has been attacking Ukraine's power network, leaving communities short of electricity as winter approaches.