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Ukraine war latest: Black smoke rises over Moscow as Ukrainian drones strike refinery in Russian capital

Key developments on June 18: * Ukraine launches largest drone attack on Moscow since start of Russia's full-scale invasion, hits oil refinery * European Council explores opening communication channels with Kremlin * Kyiv denies Russian claim that Ukrainian drone struck bus carrying Belarusian children's football team * Belgium, Germany, Sweden, Netherlands announce new military aid, F-16s for Ukraine ahead of NATO defense ministers' meeting * Kyiv repatriates 522 bodies that Moscow claims

Ukraine war latest: G7 leaders 'ready to consider' granting military production licenses to Ukraine, agree to increase arms deliveries

Key developments on June 17: * G7 leaders 'ready to consider' granting Ukraine military production licenses, agree to increase arms deliveries * Ukraine strikes Russian shadow fleet tanker in Black Sea, military infrastructure, General Staff says * Ukrainian, French defense firms to receive $23 million in grants under Brave France initiative * 'Hell is beginning' — Ukraine could isolate occupied Crimea as drone strikes disrupt logistics, Fedorov says * Ukraine denies Russian claim that Ukr

Ukraine war latest: Moscow oil refinery burns in 'just response' to Russian attacks as Zelensky visits G7

Key developments on June 16: * 'Just response to Russian strikes' – Ukraine strikes major oil refinery in Moscow, Zelensky confirms * Zelensky, Trump, Macron meet at G7 summit as Ukraine pushes peace talks * Ukraine to create new drone units to bolster defenses along northern border with Russia, Belarus, Syrskyi says * Lukashenko says Belarus poses no military threat to Ukraine, apologizes to Zelensky for past remarks * Ukrainian Armor, AviaNera launch partnership on missile, drone engines

Ukraine war latest: Russian double-tap strike kills 4 rescuers in Kharkiv amid large-scale attack on Ukraine

Key developments on June 15: * Russian double-tap strike kills 4 rescuers in Kharkiv amid large-scale attack on Ukraine * Soldiers who decline new contracts will keep serving until demobilization, Defense Ministry says * From propagandists to energy revenues, EU hits Russia with new sanctions over Ukraine strikes * Russian Tu-22M3 bomber crashes during landing in Irkutsk Oblast * Zelensky reveals G7 sidelines meeting offer to Putin, says Russia again refused talks A Russian double-tap str

Ukraine war latest: Russian chemical plant, oil depot set ablaze following Ukrainian strikes

Key developments on June 13-14: * Russian chemical plant, oil depot set ablaze following Ukrainian strikes * Russia fired nearly 2,000 drones at Ukraine in one week, Zelensky says * Black Sea Fleet command plans relocation from Crimea to Russia’s Novorossiysk, pro-Ukrainian partisans claim * UK seizes Russian shadow fleet oil tanker in 'first operation of its kind' * UN records highest civilian casualty toll in Ukraine since 2022 Ukraine struck a chemical plant in Russia's Tula Oblast, an

Ukraine war latest: Sweeping new reforms to terms of service announced in effort to ease manpower crisis

Key developments on June 12: * Ukraine announces landmark military service reforms with record pay raise for infantry * Russian rubber plant, oil refineries struck by Ukrainian drones in latest overnight attack, military confirms * Ukrainian drone maker Skyfall partners with Airbus on defense innovation * Sumy hit by morning artillery bombardment as Russian strikes across Ukraine kill at least 6, injure 52 over past day * 'High probability' of Russian missile launch from Oreshnik site over