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10:32 PM

Russian forces completely destroy 7 hospitals, damage additional 104.

Moscow's troops have also killed 6 medical personnel while severely injuring 12 more since the start of the all-out war, Health Minister Viktor Lyashko said.

10:24 PM

At least 756 anti-war protestors detained in Russia on March 13.

Independent monitoring group OVD-Info said police had arrested protestors in 37 Russian cities during demonstrations, with half of them in Moscow. CNN reported that journalists are among those detained.

9:50 PM

Russia counts on sanctions help from China.

Despite the U.S. warning Beijing against helping Moscow to evade sanctions over Ukraine, Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said his country is banking on that lifeline to withstand unprecedented Western sanctions. He noted that the sanctions had deprived Moscow of access to $300 billion of $640 billion in gold and foreign exchange reserves, and added that the West is exerting pressure on China to shut off more.

9:33 PM

Sullivan: China to face consequences if it helps Russia evade sanctions.

U.S. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan, who is due to meet with China's top diplomat Yang Jiechi in Rome on March 14, said Washington is closely monitoring Beijing's moves to economically support Moscow and would "absolutely" impose consequences if needed.

9:29 PM

Ukraine denies Russia's claim that it has killed 180 'foreign mercenaries' in Lviv Oblast.

Ukraine's Defense Ministry spokesperson Markiyan Lubkivsky told CNN that it's "pure Russian propaganda" and there were no foreign citizens among the 35 people killed in the missile attack on the military training ground in western Ukraine on March 13.

8:48 PM

Instagram users in Russia are told service will cease from midnight.

An email message from the state communications regulator advised users to move their photos and videos from Instagram before it was shut down while adding that they can switch to Russia's own "competitive internet platforms."

8:45 PM

Pope Francis issues toughest condemnation yet of Russia's war.

Without using the word "Russia" in his comments, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church said that the "unacceptable armed aggression" and "massacre" must stop. "Faced with the barbarity of killing of children, of innocents and unarmed civilians, no strategic reasons can hold up," he told 25,000 people in Vatican's St. Peter's Square during his Sunday blessing.

8:15 PM

Mykolaiv zoo asks public to buy tickets to save animals from starvation.

The southern city has been under attack for days. The struggling zoo, which has been shut down, is asking the public to donate by buying tickets online.

7:48 PM

Power supply restored at Chornobyl.

The national grid operator Ukrenergo was able to restore power in Chornobyl’s nuclear power plant, which was captured by Russian occupiers earlier. The critical cooling system will operate normally again, according to Deputy Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko.

7:19 PM

Ukraine seizes 23 trucks belonging to Russian, Belarusian companies.

The local government said the trucks were nationalised in Volyn Oblast. Five of them were allocated to the State Border Guard, five to Ukraine's military, and the rest will be used to transport humanitarian aid to Ukraine.

7:08 PM

Russia claims it killed 180 'foreign mercenaries' in missile strike on military training center in western Ukraine.

Russian government added that it plans to continue killing foreign nationals in Ukraine, whom it considers mercenaries. The airstrike on the night of March 13 on Yavoriv military training ground in Lviv Oblast killed 35 people and injured 134, according to the Ukrainian authorities.

6:50 PM

Between 20,000 and 30,000 people rally in support of Ukraine in Berlin.

The column of protesters demanding that Russia stops the war walked through the center of the German capital on March 13.

6:00 PM

Journalists forbidden from entering Irpin after Russians kill US reporter on March 13.

Irpin Mayor Oleksandr Markushyn said the measure was put in place to protect journalists and Ukrainian soldiers alike. The ban was put in place after Russian invaders killed U.S. journalist Brent Renaud and wounded his colleague Juan Arredondo on March 13 in Irpin, the satellite city outside of Kyiv.

5:36 PM

Mariupol city council: Death toll of civilians rises to 2,187.

Russia bombed Mariupol, a besieged southeastern port city in Donetsk Oblast, at least 22 times in the last 24 hours, according to the city council. About 400,000 residents are stuck in the city, as Russia continues to block evacuation from Mariupol.

5:31 PM

Russian forces strike at a school in Mykolaiv Oblast.

Lifesavers are countering the fire and rescuing people who appeared to be under the debris of concrete due to the shelling, Mykolaiv Oblast Governor Vitaliy Kim said. No casualties have been reported yet.

5:01 PM

Russia's Finance Minister: Nearly half of Russia's reserves frozen by sanctions.

Anton Siluanov said that $300 billion out of Russia's $640 billion reserves have been frozen, Russian media Meduza reported. Russia is facing issues with debt repayment and will pay its debts in rubles to "unfriendly countries," Siluanov said.

4:28 PM

WP: White House briefs TikTok influencers about Russia's war in Ukraine.

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki gave key information about Russia's invasion of Ukraine to 30 TikTok stars on March 10, according to the Washington Post. "The White House has been closely watching TikTok’s rise as a dominant news source, leading to its decision to approach a select group of the platform’s most influential names," the publication writes.

4:06 PM

Defense Ministry: Number of Russian casualties hasn't changed for days due to slower offensive.

The official data showing over 12,000 Russian troops killed hasn't changed since March 8 because of decreased confrontation on the ground, according to Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar. She added that collecting exact numbers is difficult and is "not the main priority."

3:40 PM

Ukrainian General Staff: Russia is bringing fighters from Syria, Serbia, Nagorno-Karabakh to replenish troops in Ukraine.

Russia is regrouping its troops for an offensive, Ukraine's General Staff said on March 13.

3:27 PM

Thousands rally against Russian occupation in Kherson.

Russian troops fired at the crowd with rubber bullets, according to local journalist Kostiantyn Ryzhenko and Ukrainska Pravda. Residents have repeatedly protested against occupation in Kherson, a regional capital in southern Ukraine, ever since Russian forces took control of the city on March 5.

3:10 PM

Russian occupiers kill New York Times contributor in Irpin.

According to Andriy Nebytov, the head of the Kyiv Oblast police, video journalist Brent Renaud was killed on March 13 in Irpin, a satellite city outside of Kyiv that has been a hot spot of Russia's war. Renaud was not on the NYT's assignment in Ukraine. Two other journalists were wounded in Irpin and hospitalized.

2:48 PM

Fourth round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks may be held on March 14-15.

Mykhailo Podoliak, advisor to the head of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s administration, announced the news. Delegations from Ukraine and Russia have already met three times in Belarus but with no significant results.

2:14 PM

Duda: Russia's possible use of chemical weapons on Ukraine could be a ‘game-changer’ for NATO.

Polish President Andrzej Duda said in an interview with BBC on March 13 that Russia using chemical weapons or any weapons of mass destruction could be a “game-changer” and could make NATO think seriously about how to respond.

1:47 PM

Russia’s war kills 85 Ukrainian children.

Almost 100 children have been injured since Russia launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine on Feb. 24, Prosecutor General’s Office reports.

12:55 PM

Lviv Oblast Governor: 35 killed, 134 injured in Russia’s airstrike on Yavoriv military training ground.

Governor Maksym Kozytsky said that firefighters have extinguished the fire, and were able to approach the premises.

12:43 PM

Reuters: 1 Ukrainian dead, 7 injured in a bus crash in Italy.

A bus with around 50 Ukrainian passengers went off the road killing one passenger and injuring seven more on the highway between Cesena and Rimini, Italy, on March 13, Reuters reports.

12:27 PM

Russian troops shell Mykolayiv, 9 people killed.

According to the Mykolayiv regional police, the city witnessed heavy shelling and airstrikes overnight.

11:51 AM

ZN.UA: Russian army imposes curfew, banns protests, arms in occupied cities.

According to the document provided by the ZN.ua news outlet, people in three Ukrainian towns occupied by Russia are banned from taking part in public gatherings, spreading information about Russian army movements, selling and using arms. Those who do not obey will be "strictly punished" by the "military law enforcement," the document reads.

10:50 AM

9 killed, 57 injured in Russia’s airstrike on Yavoriv military training ground near Lviv.

“According to preliminary data, more than 30 missiles were fired. The air defense system shot down some of them,” said Lviv Oblast Governor Maksym Kozytsky.

10:44 AM

Mayor of occupied Dniprorudne kidnapped by Russian troops.

Mayor Yevhen Matviiv is the second mayor Russian soldiers kidnapped since the war broke. On March 11, Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov was abducted. “War crimes are becoming systemic,” said Zaporizhzhia Oblast Governor Olexandr Starukh.

9:59 AM

Evacuation train hit by shrapnel in Donetsk Oblast.

Overnight on March 12, a Lyman-bound passenger train was hit by shrapnel near Brusyn station, north of Slovyansk. As a result of the attack, one train conductor was killed and another wounded.

9:41 AM

Russian airstrike hit residential building in Chernihiv.

Chernihiv Oblast Governor Viacheslav Chaus said that at least one person died after a Russian airstrike hit an apartment building.

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5:34 AM

(Updated: July 6, 2025 8:48 pm)

Russian airports cancel nearly 300 flights amid drone attacks on Russia.

Rosaviatsia reported on the evening of July 6 that 287 flights had been grounded across three major airports: Moscow's Sheremetyevo, St. Petersburg's Pulkovo, and Strigino Airport in Nizhny Novgorod.

8:12 PM

Explosion damages tanker in Russian port, marking 6th mysterious blast this year.

An explosion "of an unknown nature" aboard the Eco Wizard tanker in Russia's Ust-Luga port near St. Petersburg caused an ammonia leak on July 6.

7:22 PM

Ukraine imposes sanctions on Russian financial, cryptocurrency schemes.

Restrictions were imposed on 60 legal entities and 73 Russian citizens.

6:59 PM

War update

Ukraine war latest: Drones attack Russia's Black Sea Fleet; Russian pipelines explode in country's Far East, HUR says

6:36 PM

'Evacuate to safer regions!' — Russian attacks kill 5, injure 1 in Donetsk Oblast.

Russia attacked the front-line towns of Kostiantynivka and Druzhkivka on July 6, killing civilians and damaging homes and infrastructure. Governor Vadim Filashkin urged remaining residents to evacuate.

6:20 PM

Death toll in Russia's July 3 attack on Poltava rises to 3.

The attack, which occurred at around 9 a.m., injured 59 people, sparked fires, and damaged civilian infrastructure.

6:17 PM

Bus сarrying Ukrainian сhildren сrashes in Hungary, 21 injured.

Four victims are reported to be in serious condition, including two teenagers (ages 14 and 18) and two seniors (ages 67 and 71). The bus was carrying a children's ensemble from Lviv to a dance festival in Ohrid.

5:14 PM

Drones reportedly attack Russia's Black Sea fleet.

The media outlet also published footage purportedly showing a burning maritime drone that was allegedly shot down during the attack.

4:07 PM

German lawmakers call on Merz to increase aid to Ukraine, Bild reports.

The signatories emphasized the need to strengthen Ukraine's air defense systems urgently.

2:25 PM

China may ask Russia to attack NATO if Taiwan is invaded, Rutte says.

Fears of escalating Chinese military intervention in Taiwan have risen sharply since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

10:59 AM

(Updated: July 6, 2025 1:36 pm)

Russian attacks across Ukraine kill 6, injure 25 over past day.

Russian forces launched four S-300 anti-aircraft missiles and 157 Shahed drones against Ukraine overnight, according to Ukraine's Air Force.

12:46 PM

Yerevan denies Ukraine's report on Russia increasing military footprint in Armenia.

The news comes amid a major deterioration in Russian-Azerbaijani relations after a deadly June 27 operation in Russia's Yekaterinburg, where Russian security forces killed two Azerbaijani nationals.

9:16 AM

General Staff: Russia has lost 1,026,440 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022.

The number includes 1,180 casualties that Russian forces suffered over the past day.

9:09 PM

(Updated: July 6, 2025 8:26 am)

Pipelines supplying Russian military explode in Russia's Far East, HUR source says.

Explosions near Russia's Vladivostok damaged a gas pipeline and destroyed a water pipeline that supplied military facilities in the area, an unnamed intelligence source told the Kyiv Independent on July 5.

6:58 AM

Musk launches 'America Party' following public feud with Trump.

The announcement came a day after Trump signed his sweeping tax cut and spending bill into law, a legislative act that Musk has fiercely opposed.

4:17 AM

Rutte praises Trump in a NYT interview while warning of Russia's rising threat to NATO.

"Russia is reconstituting itself at a pace and a speed which is unparalleled in recent history," NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said, adding that "...they are now producing three times as much ammunition in three months as the whole of NATO is doing in a year."

1:49 AM

Kremlin's war economy shows cracks as military spending boom fades.

The slowdown indicates that Western sanctions, though not a knockout blow, are increasingly damaging the Russian economy.

11:09 AM

(Updated: July 5, 2025 10:50 pm)

Trump says Putin 'wants to keep killing people,' signals US may send Patriots to Ukraine.

"It just seems like he wants to go all the way and just keep killing people. It's not good," U.S. President Donald Trump said.

10:29 PM

Zelensky describes phone call with Trump as 'best conversation in all this time.'

"Patriot (missiles) are key to protection from ballistic (missiles). We discussed several other important issues that our teams will work out in detail at meetings in the near future," President Volodymyr Zelensky said.

7:35 PM

BlackRock halted Ukraine recovery fund following Trump victory, France working on replacement, Bloomberg reports.

BlackRock, a U.S. investment firm, suspended work on its multibillion-dollar Ukraine recovery fund following U.S. President Donald Trump's election victory, prompting France to work on a replacement, Bloomberg reported on July 5.

6:05 PM

Ukraine hits Russian electronic warfare facility making Shahed, Iskander components, General Staff says.

The facility develops and manufactures Kometa adaptive antenna arrays used in Shahed-type drones, Iskander-K cruise missiles, and guided aerial bomb modules, according to the Ukrainian military.

5:33 PM

Russia captures 2 villages near Dnipropetrovsk Oblast border, monitoring group says.

Russian troops have been escalating their assaults in the area and are attempting to breach into Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, which has not seen significant Russian incursions since 2022.

4:44 PM

Ukraine's army chief warns of new Russian offensives in northeast as he visits Kharkiv Oblast front.

Russian troops are ramping up attacks in the sector using large numbers of troops, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said.

9:11 PM

(Updated: July 5, 2025 2:46 pm)

'Nothing but terror and murder' — Russia pounds Kyiv with record overnight drone, missile attack, 2 dead, 26 injured.

Fires broke out across the city as Russia attacked the capital overnight on July 4. At least 23 people have been injured, with 14 of the victims hospitalized.

2:27 PM

EU to help Moldova fight hybrid attacks from 'agents of autocracy,' von der Leyen says ahead of September election.

"Who is behind those attacks is clear to all of us here," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

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