Russian Ministry of Defense

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Launched a missile barrage on Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih on August 16 that burned down Kyiv's Petrivka book market and hit the ArcelorMittal steel plant, killing two workers, hours after Ukraine's own strikes on Russian rocket and space facilities

Ukraine widened its strikes again this week. On August 15, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed the campaign's first use of domestically built Flamingo cruise missiles, hitting Russia's Savasleyka air base, home to MiG-31 jets that carry Kinzhal missiles, and the Progress Rocket and Space Center in Samara, a Roscosmos plant that builds Soyuz rockets. The next night, Ukraine sent about 600 drones toward the Moscow region and hit Wildberries' largest warehouse in Koledino, while Russia's missile barrage burned down Kyiv's Petrivka book market and hit the ArcelorMittal steel plant in Kryvyi Rih, killing two workers.

Updated 5 days ago

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Confirming strikes on Ukrainian ports

Russian drones and missiles hit Izmail overnight, Ukraine's largest Danube River port, damaging loading terminals, starting fires and cutting power to part of the city. The strike landed a day after Ukraine hit the Russian Black Sea grain hub of Novorossiysk.

Updated Aug 13

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Proposed the local ceasefire and body transfer

Russia says it holds Kostiantynivka. Ukraine says its troops are still fighting inside the city. On July 5, 2026, Russia's Defense Ministry offered a six-hour truce there for July 6 to hand back the bodies of dead Ukrainian soldiers. Kyiv rejected the offer.

Updated Jul 5

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Conducts Russia's side of the exchange and publishes its own count

Russia and Ukraine each handed back 205 prisoners on May 15, the first tranche of a 1,000-for-1,000 swap Donald Trump brokered in early May. Zelenskyy said on May 16 that work on the next round's prisoner lists is ongoing. The swap is still the only deliverable from months of US-led talks.

Updated May 20