Armen Sarkisyan, a criminal authority from the era of Ukrainian pro-Russian ex-president Viktor Yanukovych, was blown up in Moscow. Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones attacked the Volgograd oil refinery and Astrakhan gas processing plant in Russia.

Ukraine is believed to have launched a new drone attack on Russia, targeting a major oil depot in the southern Krasnodar region. Kyiv has stepped up its aerial attacks across Russian regions over the winter, as it seeks to disrupt fuel and ammunition supply lines to Putin's army in Ukraine.

Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin has claimed a drone attack on the city on the night of 23-24 January, which led to the suspension of operations at three Moscow airports. Source: Sobyanin on Telegram; Russian Telegram channels and media outlets Quote from Sobyanin: "The [Russian] Defence Ministry’s air defence forces repelled a drone attack in the

More than 100 Ukrainian drones targeted various regions of Russia on Thursday night, according to Russian authorities.

Kyiv says it struck a Russian oil refinery and a microchip factory in attack which Moscow says contained 120 drones

It came as Russia and Ukraine swapped 150 prisoners of war each and UK foreign secretary David Lammy met with Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv. A series of drone attacks by Ukraine on Russia's energy facilities have sparked fires in recent days at a major oil refinery in the Volgograd region,

Ukrainian forces have launched new drone strikes on Russia, targeting an oil depot in the southern Krasnodar region.