Much of Ukraine’s largest Black Sea port was without power, heat and water on Saturday after strikes from Russia, which has shown little appetite for a deal to end the war.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its forces shot down at least 287 Ukrainian drones overnight into Thursday morning.

Ukraine's southern port city of Odesa and the surrounding region suffered major blackouts on Saturday after a large overnight Russian attack on the power grid that left more than a million households without power.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that the latest wave of attack are a clear indication that Moscow does not intend to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

Ukraine struck an oil tanker belonging to Russia’s so-called shadow fleet in the Black Sea on Wednesday, according to an official in the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).

On2, 2025, Russian forces struck three Turkish-owned vessels at Ukrainian ports, including Chornomorsk and Odesa, while a fourth Turkish civilian ship, VIVA, was hit by a drone carrying sunflower oil to Egypt via the Black Sea grain corridor.

Poland has detained a Russian archaeologist whom Ukraine accuses of unauthorised excavation and plundering historical artefacts in Crimea, Polish authorities said on Thursday, prompting outrage from Moscow which demanded his immediate release.

Victoria Eduardovna Dubranova faces up to 32 years for allegedly helping Russian-backed cyber groups in attacks on critical infrastructure.

The president said he had exchanged “pretty strong words” with European leaders, while Russia signaled it saw itself as increasingly on the same page as the U.S.