Russia launches air attacks on Ukraine overnight, while Ukraine carries out drone strikes that hit a major Russian oil refinery. Bloomberg reports the refinery attack happens alongside continuing claims by the US that an energy truce is in place, indicating no immediate halt to hostilities.
In Ukraine, the attacks injure civilians in multiple locations. Cyprus Mail says Russian strikes injure 18 people across the country, including 12 in Kyiv, according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko, and that the injuries include two children. The outlet also reports that a Ukrainian drone attack damages an oil refinery deep inside Russia early on Thursday.
Both accounts describe continued kinetic activity rather than compliance with a proposed energy arrangement. While the reports differ in the specific emphasis—one highlighting the refinery attack and the energy-truce claim, the other detailing the casualty figures in Kyiv and elsewhere—they align on the core events: strikes by both sides and damage to Russian oil infrastructure.
