Emergency personnel face a blaze set by Russian strikes across Ukraine, April 16, 2026

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UPDATE 0947 GMT:

Ukraine drones have again struck the Tuapse oil refinery in Krasnodar Krai in southwest Russia.

Tuapse residents reported explosions overnight and said the drones hit fuel tanks.

Krasnodar Krai Governor Veniamin Kondratyev reported that an “enterprise in the seaport area” was hit by drone debris, but did not mention the refinery.

Tuapse has a processing capacity of about 12 million tons of petroleum products per year.

UPDATE 0939 GMT:

France has released a suspected tanker of Russia’s “shadow fleet”, the Deyna, after the owner paid a fine.

The tanker was seized on March 20 on suspicion of flying a false flag. Sailing under the Mozambican flag, it departed from Russia’s Murmansk.

Authorities said the tanker will remain under maritime supervision until it leaves waters under French jurisdiction.

UPDATE 0934 GMT:

At an event in Atlanta, US Vice President J.D. Vance declares, “Stopping funding for Ukraine is one of the things I’m proudest we’ve done in this administration.”

UPDATE 0928 GMT:

The incoming Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar calls out the links between Vladimir Putin, Hungary’s outgoing Orbán Government, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić, and Slovakia’s Prime Minister Robert Fico:

UPDATE 0926 GMT:

The toll from Russia’s overnight strikes has risen to 17 civilians murdered and 98 injured.

ORIGINAL ENTRY: At least 13 civilians have been murdered and 86 wounded by Russian missile and drone strikes across Ukraine.

The Russians fired 19 ballistic missiles, 25 cruise missiles, and 659 drones. Twelve missiles and 20 drones hit 26 locations.

Ukraine’s Air Force issued a ballistic missile alert at around 2:35 a.m. Minutes later, journalists reported loud explosions. Residential neighborhoods in the cities of Kyiv, Dnipro, and Odesa bore the brunt of the attack.

Less than an hour later, Kyiv was targeted by another wave of ballistic missiles. At least four people, including a 12-year-old boy, were killed and 48 injured.

The wounded include children, four emergency medics, and two police officers.

As emergency crews were cleared the wreckage of the overnight assault, air raid alarms sounded over Kyiv again. A Russian drone struck an apartment building.

In the Podilskyi district, a non-residential building sustained a direct hit. A residential building was set on fire, and a three-story hotel, and the sixth floor of an apartment building were damaged.

Missile debris partially destroyed a home, where a mother and child were rescued from the rubble by first responders. Shortly after 7 a.m., a low-flying Russian drone crashed into an 18-story building.

In the Obolonskyi district, an office building was damaged. A fire was set at a two-story residential building in the Desnyanskyi district by falling missile debris.

In Dnipro, at least two civilians were murdered and 27 injured. Fourteen victims were hospitalized, with five in critical condition.

Fires blazed in residential neighborhoods. Apartments, offices, administrative buildings, a factory, and vehicles were damaged.

In Odesa, seven people were killed and 11 injured. The attacks damaged infrastructure facilities, a residential building, and a city park.

A drone strike earlier in the day killed one man and injured six people.

Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky posted:

There can be no normalization of Russia as it is today. Pressure on Russia must work. And it is important to fulfill every promise of assistance to Ukraine on time.