Live: Russian strikes kill four near Kyiv as Zelensky makes landmark visit to Serbia
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By: FRANCE 24 Firefighters put out a fire following Russian ballistic missile strikes in Kyiv on August 8, 2026. © Ukrainian State Emergency Service, AFP via handout Russian missile strikes killed four people including a child in the Kyiv region on Saturday, local authorities said, as an air raid alert was declared in and around the Ukrainian capital. The attack came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Belgrade on a landmark visit to Serbia, a country with close ties to Moscow. Read our liveblog for all the latest developments.
A fire at the Ilsky oil refinery in Russia's southern Krasnodar region has been extinguished, said local authorities, adding that it had been caused by debris from a Ukrainian drone.
Ukraine's general staff said Ukrainian military hit both the Ilsky and Syzran oil refineries overnight, causing fires at both. The Syzran refinery is in the Samara region further north.
The Samara region's governor, Vyacheslav Fedorishchev, said drones targeted an industrial facility there, without identifying the enterprise.
The attacks are part of Ukrainian strikes on Russia's energy infrastructure in what Kyiv says is an effort to deprive Russia of resources to fund its military.
A Russian military drone struck a cargo ship carrying weapons for the Ukrainian armed forces in the Black Sea east of Odesa on August 7, the Interfax news agency reported on Saturday, citing Russia's Defence Ministry.
It did not give details of any damage. Reuters was not immediately able to verify the report and there was no immediate comment from Ukraine.
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