Russia conducted its second-largest missile and drone attack on Ukraine since the start of its invasion in 2022, according to the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) whose graph illustrate the response to Kyiv's drone barrage on Russian military airfields.

Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had carried out a massive and successful strike on military and military-related targets in Ukraine overnight in response to what it called Ukrainian "terrorist acts" against Russia.

The Ukrainian operation was “grounds for a nuclear attack,” declared Vladmir Solovyov, a firebrand host on Russian state TV, calling for strikes on the Ukrainian presidential office in Kyiv, and beyond.

Videos of an object breaking up in the sky over Kazakhstan sparked rumors of a failed launch of Putin's deadly nuclear-capable ballistic missile.

Russia will respond to Ukraine's latest attacks as and when its military sees fit, the Kremlin said on Thursday, accusing Kyiv of state terrorism as U.S. President Donald Trump downplayed prospects for an immediate peace between the countries.

Russia's massive night strike on military targets on the Ukraine is a response to the terrorist acts of the Kiev regime, the press secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov confirmed to journalists.

A still image from a video released by Russia's Defence Ministry shows what it said to be a lorry with bodies of Ukrainian service members to be handed over to Ukraine in