Ukraine LIVE: Russia launches horror strikes hours before Trump-Putin talks

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) says it has carried out a coordinated drone strike on a Russian radar installation in the Black Sea, destroying surveillance equipment on a gas production platform. According to the agency, the operation was conducted by the 13th Main Directorate of its military counterintelligence unit and involved both aerial and maritime drones. The strike reportedly destroyed the Neva radar station, storage facilities, and a residential block used by Russian forces. The SBU said the mission demonstrated the effectiveness of combining different types of drones and warned that "no Russian junk has a place in the Black Sea."

Shocking clips have shown the harrowing aftermath of attacks on Ukrainian civilians, just hours before Donald Trump's scheduled phone call with Vladimir Putin. A woman pensioner, 75, was killed in Russian shelling on her house in the Kherson region, amid strong signs the Kremlin intends to continue its war in the face of the US president's bid to stop the relentless killing. A man, 76, and two women, both 53, were also wounded in the night attacks.

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