Eleven people have been killed, including four children, in an overnight attack on holiday camps in a Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region, the Russian-installed local authorities said on Saturday.
Kyiv has not immediately responded to the incident.
A Russian ballistic missile strike on Friday killed 10 people and injured close to 100 at the site of a defence industry event in Ukraine’s Kyiv region, Ukrainian prosecutor general Ruslan Kravchenko said.
Ukraine’s emergency services said its crews had completed rescue operations at the site north of the capital. Russia is yet to comment on the attack.
This comes as five people were killed and nine injured in the city of Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine in a Russian aerial bomb attack killed, regional governor Vadym Filashkin said on Friday.
Earlier Ukraine attacked Russian online retail giant Wildberries’ warehouses in St Petersburg on Friday, which Kyiv said is part of infrastructure supporting the Russian military.
Death toll from holiday camp attack rises to 11 including four children, says RussiaThe death toll from a Ukrainian attack on a holiday camp has risen to 11 people including four children, the Russia-installed governor said on Saturday.
Maira Butt25 July 2026 14:12
Ukraine’s petrol stations are the latest target for Putin’s drones: ‘When I see something… I run for my life’Get off the forecourt now,” shouts Dima, 65, an attendant at a petrol station on the main road into Pavlohrad, in Ukraine’s eastern Dnipropetrovsk region.
As the air raid siren wails, he points to an app on his phone tracking Russian drones — now an essential tool for those working on the country’s increasingly dangerous petrol station forecourts. An arrow is moving across the screen.
“It’s a Russian Geran-3 drone heading in our direction,” he says. “They missed us yesterday, but they are coming back for another try. You must leave immediately.”
Russia has intensified its assault on Ukraine’s retail fuel network over the past month, striking ordinary roadside stations across the east and south of the country.
Ukraine’s petrol stations are the latest target for Putin’s dronesWith Ukraine’s petrol stations a key target for Russian drones, customers are advised to spend no more than 10 minutes filling up. Those working on these deadly forecourts tell Harry Stourton in Pavlohrad, eastern Ukraine, how they take their lives in their hands every day they go to work
Maira Butt25 July 2026 13:54
Ukraine is still fortifying its border with Belarus years after Russia invaded from thereMore than four years after Russia launched its assault on Kyiv from Belarus, Ukraine is still fortifying the border it shares with Moscow’s ally. What was once a busy crossing between the two countries is now a quiet, mine-laden stretch of land closed off to civilians.
Roads near the 1,084-kilometer-long (673-mile-long) border are covered for long distances by anti-drone netting. The surrounding landscape is dominated by rows of razor wire and concrete anti-tank barriers known as “dragon’s teeth.”
The Associated Press visited parts of the border in northern Ukraine earlier this month, following a rise in tensions between the two countries; Ukraine demanded that Belarus shut down communications relay stations Russia had installed to boost the range of its drones attacking Ukrainian cities.
Maira Butt25 July 2026 13:15
Eight killed in attack on holiday camps, says governor of Russian-held territory in Ukraine An overnight attack on holiday camps in a Russian-held part of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region killed eight people, including two children, Russian-installed governor Yevgeny Balitsky said on the Telegram messaging app on Saturday.
Rescuers work at a site of the central market hit by Russian drone strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine July 25, 2026. (Reuters)Maira Butt25 July 2026 12:45
Trump says ‘I trust’ Putin and Xi — contradicting Hegseth about Iran war alliesPresident Donald Trump on Friday said he does not believe the Russian or Chinese governments are providing military or intelligence assistance to Iran — based solely on the denials of their leaders — contradicting the assessment of his own defense secretary during a Senate hearing just days ago.
Taking questions in the Oval Office during an appearance focused on nuclear energy, Trump was asked to defend a Truth Social post in which he claimed Chinese President Xi Jinping had said “he would not, under any circumstances, give or sell Weapons to the Islamic Republic of Iran” and said Russia’s Vladimir Putin had promised, “he would not sell Weapons to Iran.”
He also wrote that in his view, both countries were “not participating” in Iran’s ongoing conflict with the U.S. while warning that “it would be very bad for them” if they did.
Maira Butt25 July 2026 12:15
Drone damage to Kyiv monastery ‘assault on Ukrainian culture’ – TaoiseachIreland’s premier has said a Russian attack on a renowned religious site in Kyiv was “an assault on Ukraine’s culture”.
Micheál Martin was taken on a tour of the Kyiv-Pechersk Lavra, also known as the Monastery of the Caves, as part of his trip to Kyiv on Thursday, where he met with Volodymyr Zelensky and reaffirmed Ireland’s support for Ukrainian sovereignty.
The Unesco-listed World Heritage Site is a sprawling complex of monasteries and gold-domed churches, including some underground, built between the 11th and 19th centuries.
Maira Butt25 July 2026 11:45
Watch: Firefighters tackle blaze after Russian troops strike petrol station in Ukraine’s Sumy regionFirefighters tackle blaze after Russian troops strike petrol station in Ukraine’s Sumy regionMaira Butt25 July 2026 11:15
Wildberries: Russian entrepreneurs watch stock burn as Ukraine targets answer to AmazonViktoria Terekhova shipped virtually her entire summer collection of children’s clothes last week to the giant warehouse of online retailer Wildberries at Elektrostal, east of Moscow.
Within a couple of days, it was destroyed in a Ukrainian drone strike.
Fashion designer Terekhova says she lost 12,000 items, amounting to about 45% of her company’s total inventory, and another 4,000 items in attacks on Wildberries hubs in southern Russia.
Eight Wildberries warehouses accounting for more than 10% of the company’s storage capacity have been attacked since July 18 in a wave of strikes against Russia’s leading online retail company.
They appear to be part of a wider Ukrainian campaign to make ordinary Russians feel the impact of a war which has raged on Ukrainian territory for more than four years.
Maira Butt25 July 2026 10:45
In pictures: Protests against sacking of Ukrainian defence minister Fedorov continue
Participants hold signs and shout slogans during a rally to protest against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s decision to replace Mykhailo Fedorov as Defence Minister, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 24, 2026. (Reuters)
Participants hold signs during a rally to protest against Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s decision to replace Mykhailo Fedorov as Defence Minister, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, July 24, 2026. (Reuters)
A man (R) holds a portrait placard of former defence minister Mykhailo Fedorov as people take part in a demonstration against Ukraine’s President’s decision in Kyiv on July 24, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. (AFP/Getty)Maira Butt25 July 2026 10:15
Italy defence minister offers ousted Ukraine counterpart Fedorov adviser roleItalian Defence Minister Guido Crosetto said he has offered Mykhailo Fedorov, recently sacked as Ukraine’s defence minister, a role as an adviser in Italy.
“I called him the day after his dismissal and said: When do you want to come to Rome and work with me as an adviser?” Crosetto told Italian daily la Repubblica in an interview published on Saturday.
Asked how Fedorov had responded, Crosetto said the former minister was “moved” and saw the offer as “a demonstration of esteem and friendship”.
Crosetto praised Fedorov as a driver of military innovation, saying he was “one of those people who completely rewrote the rules of the game on the battlefield”. Fedorov had helped Ukraine first resist Russia’s invasion and then regain the initiative by reshaping battlefield practices through new technologies, Crossetto said.
Fedorov, a 35-year-old tech-savvy reformer credited by supporters with boosting Ukraine’s drone capabilities and pushing defence-sector reforms, was ousted as defence minister this month, a move that sparked rare wartime protests in Ukraine.
He was offered alternative roles by President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, but said he would not accept any other government role besides his former job.
(Reuters)Maira Butt25 July 2026 09:45
