Wednesday 7 October 2026 07:30 UTC
Russian Strikes Kill Five and Wreck Homes Across Ukraine
Russian missile and drone strikes hit several Ukrainian cities. In Pryluky, a five-storey apartment building was destroyed, killing at least five people and injuring 26, including five children. People may remain beneath the rubble. Strikes also damaged four high-rises in Kremenchuk, five apartment buildings in Dnipro and a high-rise in Zaporizhzhia. Separately, last week’s Ukrainian drone attack forced the Volgograd refinery, which handles about 5% of Russia’s refining capacity, to shut completely.
Multiple sources said Syria is discussing joining the war against Yemen’s Houthis. Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa visited Saudi Arabia during the discussions. The Houthis separately claimed they shot down a Saudi CH-4B combat drone over Yemen’s Al-Jawf province.
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Another outbound tanker was struck by an unknown projectile in the Strait of Hormuz. The maritime advisory mentioned no injuries or environmental damage. Vitol’s chief executive said Middle Eastern oil flows had recovered to about 14 million barrels a day through pipelines, shuttle operations and other bypass routes. He warned that low Western inventories, a shortage of ships and near-nightly attacks still threatened supplies.
An investigation found that a medical officer’s plan to evacuate wounded troops from Port Shuaiba, Kuwait, was never briefed or put into action before she was transferred to Jordan. An Iranian drone strike there on March 1 killed six US soldiers and wounded dozens. Seven soldiers, including senior officers at the port, said the unit entered the war without a broad mass-casualty plan.