At least nine people died in overnight Russian strikes on Ukraine, targeting warehouses and ports across the country.
Five people were reported dead and 24 injured in the Sumy region, with four killed and 19 injured in a separate attack on Ukraine’s Black Sea port of Mykolaiv.
The latest wave of attacks come as president Volodymyr Zelenskyy continues his international diplomacy tour with talks on air defence and winter preparations in Canada.
View image in fullscreenPresident of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his wife, Olena Zelenska, arrive in Calgary, Canada. Photograph: Canadian Press/ShutterstockIn a statement this morning, he highlighted Ukraine’s ability to conduct retaliatory strikes against Russia, as he said:
“Over the past 24 hours, our warriors struck eight Russian infrastructure facilities supporting the war. An oil refinery in the Yamalo-Nenets region and a seaport in Dagestan were hit. Sites in the Moscow, Voronezh, Astrakhan, and Bryansk regions were also struck.
Russia continues its daily terror against Ukraine. And every day, it receives a just response. I thank every warrior and everyone who enables our long-range capabilities and precision.”
Late last night, Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre said that Zelenskyy’s plane was almost hit by a drone when leaving Moldova for Oslo earlier this week. “That is just the reality he lives in,” he told broadcaster NRK.
The alleged incident happened during a previously reported drone incursion into Moldova and Romania on Tuesday night (Europe Live, Tuesday). The Ukrainian side did not comment on what happened.
Separately, Nato’s secretary general Mark Rutte is meeting with Germany’s foreign minister Johann Wadephul this morning, with the pair set to discuss Ukraine and Germany’s own experience with Russia in recent weeks after an attempted drone attack in Leipzig.
I will bring you the key lines from their talks, and other news across Europe.
It’s Thursday, 10 September 2026, it’s Jakub Krupa here, and this is Europe Live.
