Ukraine said its drones struck a Russian oil rig belonging to Lukoil in the Caspian Sea and a military patrol ship near a rig as Kyiv steps up attacks on Moscow's oil infrastructure. The attack, which Ukraine's general staff said took place on Friday,

Ukrainian drones delivered strikes on two vessels linked to Russia on the same day, according to Kyiv. Ukraine's Special Operations Forces (SSO) said its drones hit a Russian patrol ship and an oil platform in the Caspian Sea on Friday on the same day.

The vessel is part of Russia's so-called "shadow fleet" - unregulated ships that Kyiv says are exporting large quantities of oil despite Western sanctions.

According to Ukraine’s general staff, this is the first official acknowledgment of a Caspian Sea strike, although the rig has reportedly been

Ukraine carried out yet another attack on a shadow-fleet tanker linked to Russia’s oil trade as it continues to target Moscow’s vital seaborne petroleum trade.

A Russian missile strike on port infrastructure in Odesa in southern Ukraine killed eight people and wounded 27, Ukraine's emergency service said Saturday, as a a Kremlin envoy was set to travel to Florida for talks on a U.S.-proposed plan to end the nearly four-year war.

Putin claims no "willingness from Ukraine" to negotiate a peace deal as he touts battlefield gains, and Kyiv claims a brazen strike on a ship far from Russia.