The EU has reached a deal to arm Ukraine using seized profits from Russia’s frozen assets. A Ukrainian drone attack started a fire and damaged an oil refinery in Russia’s Krasnodar region, the area’s crisis administration said on Thursday. Ukraine’s air defences destroyed 17 out of 20 attack drones that Russia launched targeting the Odesa region into Thursday morning, the Ukrainian air force said. Ukraine said it was producing the same number of deep strike drones as Russia, claiming to have reached parity on a key type of weapon. Russian forces have taken over the village of Kyslivka in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region and the village of Novokalynove in the Donetsk region, Russia’s defence ministry said.

Source: The Guardian May 09, 2024 16:30 UTC