"As a result of the explosion, a satellite communication hardware station—intended by Russian military leadership to coordinate occupying forces—was also destroyed," Ukraine's military intelligence said.

The northern regional capital has become a frequent target of Russian drones, missiles and guided bombs. Now, Ukraine's top general says at least 50,000 Russian troops have massed across the border.

Ukrainian forces successfully struck a Russian base in Melitopol. Five personnel were killed, along with a key Russian command center, reports the Defense Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The media investigation has identified 523 foreign nationals from 28 countries who were killed while serving in the Russian army.

In addition to the back-to-back, mammoth overnight strikes, other Russian attacks killed at least 21 civilians across Ukraine on July 7-10. In eastern Donetsk oblast, or region, Russian artillery shelling and drone attacks resulted in 15 civilians deaths,

One of Russia’s most powerful men, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, is set to visit North Korea this weekend, in a sign of deepening relations between Moscow and Pyongyang as North Korea gets pulled deeper into Russia’s war in Ukraine.

Officials say a Russian drone barrage has targeted the center of Kharkiv, injuring nine people and damaging a maternity hospital in Ukraine’s second-largest city.

Russia has amassed about 50,000 troops along Ukraine’s Sumy Oblast, three times the size of Kyiv’s forces in the key region — with Moscow preparing its latest push along the frontlines