Russia says Ukraine sent a wave of 41 drones over Crimea targets overnight on Monday. Ukraine has not commented on the attack, but a defense official had hinted one was coming. Various unofficial reports say explosions were heard in three key sites in Crimea.

Ukraine launched a drone attack on the Crimean Peninsula as Russia escalated its attack against Avdiivka, a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine that has been mostly destroyed. KYIV, Ukrain

Drones operated by the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) launched a series of attacks on Russian military installations in Crimea on Tuesday morning, a source within the power structures reports, as referenced by the Ukrainian Pravda portal.

Our working hours are as follows: first you do a 12-hour shift, then another one, until you’ve done seven of these 24-hour-shifts, and that’s your week” said Oleksandr Kolesnikov, a 47-year-old surgeon,

A Ukrainian soldier on the frontline has said he can “smell a Russian offensive coming” as local commanders reported a significant increase in hostile shelling in the east. Dmytro Verbych, a soldier who took part in the main attack in the counteroffensive earlier this year,

Russia attacked central and westernUkraine with 17 Shahed kamikaze drones, 10 of which were successfully downed by Ukrainian air defense, and eastern Ukraine with six S-300 missiles in the early hours of Dec.