Ukraine on Thursday confirmed that one of its F-16 fighter jets crashed while repelling a Russian air strike, killing the pilot. The Western-supplied fighter jet went down on Monday, when Russia launched a major missile and drone barrage on Ukraine. Read our live blog to see how all the day's events unfolded.
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Summary:
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Russia launched 74 attack drones and five missiles at targets across Ukraine in the third night of massive Russian bombardments this week, Ukrainian military officials said Thursday. The barrage included a drone attack on Kyiv.
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At least 11 people have been killed in Russia's large-scale bombardments this week, Ukrainian officials said Thursday.
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Ukraine's military on Thursday said it attacked oil storage facilities on Wednesday in Russia's Rostov and Kirov regions. A field artillery depot in Russia's Voronezh region was also hit.
Yesterday's key developments:
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NATO countries on Wednesday condemned "indiscriminate" heavy Russian strikes across war-battered Ukraine, the Western military alliance said, after a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council in Brussels.
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Russia on Wednesday said it wanted the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to take a "more objective" stance on nuclear safety, a day after IAEA chief Rafael Mariano Grossi toured the Kursk nuclear facility.
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Russia said Wednesday it had banned another 92 US citizens from entering its territory, listing officials and journalists from the Wall Street Journal, New York Times and Washington Post.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP and Reuters)
