Ukrainian Neptune missiles have destroyed the Atlant Aero drone factory in Taganrog overnight, one of the key sites producing the Molniya strike drones Russia has been pounding Ukrainian cities with.
Separately, Ukrainian drones hit the Tuapse oil refinery and three Russian warships were damaged in a Crimea operation. Russia replied with 236 drones overnight, killing a sixteen-year-old in Chernihiv.
Zelensky lashed Washington after the Trump administration extended the sanctions waiver on Russian seaborne oil for another month, warning that every dollar flowing to Moscow funds fresh strikes.
With the Iran war absorbing US attention and weapons, Ukraine’s window to hurt Russia’s war economy is narrowing fast.
Russian Strikes Kill 22 Hours Before Putin’s “Truce”
Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least 22 people across Ukraine on Tuesday, just hours before Vladimir Putin’s unilateral two-day Victory Day “ceasefire” was
6 May 2026
