Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine's new long-range missiles and drones are causing significant gas shortages in Russia

Ukraine-Russia war latest: 5 dead in mass missile and drone attack by Putin’s forces after Poland scrambles jets - Comes amid mounting concern Russia could be behind growing number of recent drone inc

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a child had died in Zaporizhzhia and more than 20 people were injured across Ukraine after Russia launched a large-scale attack overnight into Friday.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia is facing a gas shortage and has tapped into its "rainy day" diesel reserves.

Russia’s war in Ukraine has sparked a demographic crisis and labor shortage, fueled by military casualties, emigration, and a shrinking population with economic impacts.

But reporting on Russia is tricky. Since the Kremlin launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 authorities have become more repressive, with more than 20,000 people jailed for criticising the war, according to the independent monitoring group OVD-Info.

Over the past week, Ukraine's Armed Forces carried out new strikes on Russian oil refineries, forcing Russian authorities to extend a ban on gasoline exports and announce the introduction of a partial ban on diesel exports.

U KRAINE CONTINUES to inflict deadly damage on Russia’s energy infrastructure, and the tempo is accelerating. The concerted drone attacks on oil refineries and other parts of Russia’s fuel-distribution system began in August, and the number of strikes is rising from two or three a week to four or five. Soon they will be daily.

Our military analyst Professor Michael Clarke is back answering your questions on the Ukraine war. Watch and catch up on the best of his answers here.

Trump urged Erdogan to cease purchasing oil from Russia, highlighting the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine. , US News, Times Now

Ukraine has dramatically increased the number of attacks launched against Russian oil refineries in recent months, sparking fuel shortages and price rises in some parts of the country, BBC Verify and BBC Russian have found.