Russia says Ukraine sent a wave of 41 drones over Crimea targets overnight on Monday. Ukraine has not commented on the attack, but a defense official had hinted one was coming. Various unofficial reports say explosions were heard in three key sites in Crimea.

F ormer Ukrainian MP Illya Kyva has been assassinated in Russia by Ukraine's SBU security service, law enforcement sources have told BBC Ukraine. "The criminal was liquidated by using small arms," the sources said. His body was found outside the capital Moscow, Russian investigators said.

Ukraine launched a drone attack on the Crimean Peninsula as Russia escalated its attack against Avdiivka, a strategically important city in eastern Ukraine that has been mostly destroyed. KYIV, Ukrain

Vladimir Zavadsky is the seventh Russian general whose death has been confirmed in the war. Meanwhile, Ukraine is shifting its wartime strategy amid the winter and repeated Russian drone attacks. DW has the latest.

The governor of Russia’s Voronezh region says Vladimir Zavadsky died at a combat post in the ‘special operation zone’.

Russia confirms death of seventh major general since invasion of Ukraine - Ukraine’s running tally of senior Russian generals killed in the war is considerably higher