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Russia-Ukraine war: drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian cities

The story so farUkraine struck a Russian missile electronics plant, killing five people according to the regional governor, with Kyiv saying the facility manufactures electronic components heavily relied upon by Russian missile programmes. Ukraine's military struck a Russian satellite communications site in the Moscow region, according to Reuters. Russian air strikes killed at least six people in Ukraine, including three members of one family — among them a 13-year-old boy — with civilian casualties in May reported as the highest since April 2022.

Still watching

  • Will the killing of a foreign national (Egyptian crew member) on a Panama-flagged vessel prompt international diplomatic consequences for Russia?
  • How is Russia's deepening fuel crisis in Siberia affecting its broader war economy and military logistics?
  • What is driving the mass civilian exodus from Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, and are Ukrainian forces able to hold these 'fortress belt' cities?
  • How are Ukraine's air defences coping with the scale of Russian drone attacks, given the hundreds of drones being launched per night?
  • What satellite communications capabilities did Russia lose in the strike on the Moscow-region facility, and how will this affect Russian military operations?
  • What is the operational impact of Ukraine's strike on the Russian missile electronics plant, and how significantly will it degrade Russian missile production capacity?

How it developed

  1. Russia-Ukraine war: drone and missile strikes on Ukrainian cities

    • Ukraine struck a Russian missile electronics plant, killing five people according to the regional governor, with Kyiv saying the facility manufactures electronic components heavily relied upon by Russian missile programmes.
    • Ukraine's military struck a Russian satellite communications site in the Moscow region, according to Reuters.
    • Russian air strikes killed at least six people in Ukraine, including three members of one family — among them a 13-year-old boy — with civilian casualties in May reported as the highest since April 2022.
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