Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,305

"Russian forces launched a large-scale missile and drone attack, targeting areas across Ukraine, killing at least three people and wounding dozens more, according to Ukrainian officials. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia launched 580 drones and 40 missiles, and that the attacks took place across nine regions, including Dnipropetrovsk, Mykolaiv, Chernihiv, Zaporizhia, Poltava, Kyiv, Odesa, Sumy and Kharkiv. Ukrainian forces launched drone attacks on Russia's southwestern Samara region, killing at least four people, according to Governor Vyacheslav Fedorishchev announced on social media."

"The Reuters news agency, citing Ukraine's SBU security agency, said Ukrainian drones hit Russian oil pumping stations, which are part of the Kuibyshev-Tikhoretsk oil pipeline, in the Volgograd and Samara regions. The facilities that were targeted were involved in Russian oil exports via the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, the report said. The Russian Ministry of Defence said its forces shot down 383 Ukrainian drones over the past day. The ministry also claimed control of the village of Berezove in Ukraine's southeastern Dnipropetrovsk region."

"Poland and its allies scrambled aircraft to ensure the safety of Polish airspace early on Saturday after Russia launched attacks on western Ukraine, the country's armed forces announced. The move came after Poland shot down suspected Russian drones in its airspace earlier this month, and Estonia said three Russian military jets violated its airspace for 12 minutes on Friday. The United Kingdom also sent two fighter jets on their first NATO air defence sortie over Poland as part of the alliance's Eastern Sentry mission,"

Russian forces launched a large-scale missile and drone attack across nine Ukrainian regions, killing at least three people and wounding dozens. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported 580 drones and 40 missiles were used in the strikes. Ukrainian forces carried out drone attacks on Russia's Samara region, killing at least four people. Ukraine's SBU reported hits on oil pumping stations of the Kuibyshev-Tikhoretsk pipeline in Volgograd and Samara, affecting facilities tied to Novorossiysk exports. The Russian Ministry of Defence said 383 Ukrainian drones were shot down and claimed control of Berezove. Poland and NATO partners scrambled jets and Lithuania urged urgent air-defence support.

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