Russia and Ukraine report overnight attacks amid US diplomatic push

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Russia and Ukraine continue attacks as US efforts to broker a ceasefire struggle to make progress.

Russia and Ukraine have reported numerous overnight attacks, despite a diplomatic push to end the conflict.

Russian officials reported on Friday that a swarm of about 1,200 Ukrainian drones were fired at the country, with oil infrastructure among the targets. Ukraine reported that a hospital was struck and that strikes on the port of Odesa were ongoing.

The reports show that hostilities continue unabated despite the renewed effort of United States envoys to mediate a ceasefire.

Russia’s Ministry of Defence reported it had intercepted 1,198 Ukrainian drones overnight, across more than 15 regions.

Attacks in Volgograd in southern Russia killed four people as they hit an industrial area and left two others injured, regional Governor Andrei Bocharov said.

Volgograd is home to a major oil refinery, which unverified video posted on social media purported to show was on fire. There was no immediate official ⁠confirmation that the refinery had been attacked.

Ukraine has concentrated its fire this year on Russia’s oil infrastructure in a bid to cut off its earnings from energy exports, which are being used to power its ongoing invasion.

Sergei Sobyanin, mayor of Moscow, said 467 Ukrainian drones had hit the capital overnight, according to the RIA Novosti news agency.

Ukraine reported that Russian forces had been attacking the southern port city of Odesa since early on Friday morning. The city’s military administration reported that at least two people had been killed.

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