Ukraine said on Saturday that it had taken down a Russian Su-25 jet, making it the fourth in two weeks. The 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade, a unit of the Ukrainian Ground Forces, posted about its soldiers' reported victory.

Russia claimed to have downed multiple missiles and drones over Russian region and annexed Crimea amid ferocious Ukrainian aerial assault on Belgorod. Moscow's defence ministry claimed to have struck hiding Ukrainian troops hiding in trenches on the frontlines amid ongoing fighting in Kharkiv.

Kievs forces have attempted to attack Crimea with ATACMS supplied by Washington the Russian military has said Russian air defenses have

The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday that air defense systems destroyed six attack drones and two ballistic missiles launched by Ukraine overnight, targeting Russian territory. The ministry wrote on Telegram that two traditional ballistic missiles of the Tochka type were intercepted over the Belgorod region.

An oil refinery reportedly had to halt its operations in the southern region of Krasnodar after a drone attack.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy believes that assistance from the North Atlantic Alliance in shooting down Russian missiles over the territory of Ukraine would help compensate for Kyiv's deficit in air defence and would not involve NATO in the war.

The Ukrainians carried out another attack on Russian ships stationed in the port of Sevastopol. This time, however, they used MGM-140 ATACMS ballistic missiles, achieving the first-ever hit on a warship.

I n a significant escalation of hostilities, Ukraine has reportedly employed US-made long-range missiles to strike and destroy a key vessel of the Russian navy off the coast of oc

Satellite images of Russia's Olenya airfield in Murmansk Oblast suggest preparations for a massive missile strike on Ukraine, military portal Defense Express reported on May 19.