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Russia Strikes Kyiv Gas Station, Kills 5, Wounds 35
Confirmed
In Short: Russia resumed major missile and drone attacks on Kyiv, killing five and wounding 35, as peace talks between U.S. envoys and Ukrainian and Russian leaders faltered.
Russia resumed major missile and drone attacks on Kyiv shortly after U.S. peace envoys left Ukraine, killing five people and wounding 35 on Tuesday.
The attack, described as the deepest Ukrainian drone strike inside Russia since the full-scale invasion in February 2022, targeted a gas station in Kyiv, according to reports.
Despite the renewed push for peace, Russia intensified its attacks, including a fire at an industrial facility in Novy Urengoy, sparking concerns over the safety of Russia’s natural gas production.
What's confirmed
- Russia resumed major missile and drone attacks on Kyiv shortly after U.S. peace envoys left Ukraine, killing five people and wounding 35 on Tuesday.
- The attack, described as the deepest Ukrainian drone strike inside Russia since the full-scale invasion in February 2022, targeted a gas station in Kyiv, according to reports.
- Despite the renewed push for peace, Russia intensified its attacks, including a fire at an industrial facility in Novy Urengoy, sparking concerns over the safety of Russia’s natural gas production.
What's still developing
- Fox News reporter Stephanie Bennett has the latest on U.S. peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as the Trump administration pushes to revive stalled peace negotiations, with discussions focusing on a potential path toward ending the war and broader diplomatic efforts on 'Special Report.' Ukrainian drones struck deep into Russia’s Arctic north Wednesday, sparking a fire at an industrial facility in Novy Urengoy, a city in the heart of Russia’s most important natural-gas producing region.
- Russian officials said air defenses repelled the attack but falling debris sparked a fire. (East2West) Speaking to reporters at Joint Base Andrews on Wednesday, President Donald Trump said he had just spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin and suggested both Moscow and Kyiv may be prepared to negotiate.
- More than 16,800 Ukrainian civilians have been killed and more than 51,000 wounded since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022, according to the U.N. Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine.
- A rescuer works at the site of a Russian drone strike in Dnipro, Ukraine, in a picture released on April 30. (Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Regional Military Civil Administration Serhiy Lysak via Telegram/Handout via Reuters) United24 described Wednesday’s attack as the deepest Ukrainian drone strike inside Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
- Artem Zhoga, Putin’s envoy to Russia’s Urals Federal District, said a Ukrainian drone had attempted to strike a fuel-and-energy facility in Yamal, according to Meduza.
- Russian authorities said four people, including a child, were killed and 29 wounded in the Novorossiysk attack.
- Ukrainian defense manufacturer Fire Point appeared to claim involvement, posting: "Guess who covered more than 3,300 km and successfully hit the target." The extraordinary strike comes as Washington makes a renewed push to end the more than four-year war even as Russia and Ukraine intensify long-range attacks on each other.