Russia Strikes Kyiv with Missiles; Ukraine Hits Moscow Oil Refinery

Russia struck Kyiv with missiles overnight while Ukraine hit a major oil refinery in Moscow with drones hours after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke with ‌US President Donald Trump ⁠and ⁠European leaders.

Multiple sources reported explosions in Kyiv. Authorities in the city of Sumy also reported one fatality.

"The enemy is attacking the capital with ballistic missiles. Stay in safe places until the air ​raid alert is over!" Tymur Tkachenko, the head of Kyiv's military administration, said in a Telegram post early on Thursday.

This is the second time Kyiv has come under attack this week. Meanwhile, Zelenskyy has been trying to pressure Russia to end the war that has dragged on for more than four years.

Ukraine's attack in Russia

Ukrainian drones ‌hit the Moscow Oil Refinery (MNPZ), Mayor Sergei Sobyanin said on Telegram, marking the second attack on the facility in a week.

Over four dozen drones heading for Moscow were brought down, Sobyanin said.

"Air ⁠defense forces ​continue to repel a massive attack. Several drones managed to reach the Moscow oil refinery," he said ​on Telegram.

He added that a shopping centre on the outskirts of Moscow also suffered minor damage as a result of falling drone debris.

Efforts to end Ukraine-Russia war

Zelenskyy said he had spoken to Trump and French President Emmanuel Macron, plus other leaders, on the sidelines of a G7 meeting held in France. He described it as a "coordinating conversation" to ‌try to end the war.

On Wednesday, Trump said that Russia was losing more soldiers than Ukraine, after he suggested that both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Zelenskyy seemed open to doing something about the war.

Putin had not discussed the possibility of a meeting with Zelenskyy during his ​latest phone call with Trump, the Kremlin said this week.

Edited by: Zac Crellin