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Strikes continued between Russia and Ukraine overnight, with Ukraine reporting at least nine deaths and Russian retailer Wildberries being at the centre of another drone attack.

Here's what you need to know:

• At least nine have been killed in Russian attacks on Ukraine, including six in Zaporizhzhia as the regional governor said the area was hit by rockets and guided aerial bombs
• Kyiv's mayor also reported explosions in the city overnight - with the country's emergency services saying one person had been injured. A children's hospital was also struck in the capital, but patients and staff had been sheltering
• President Zelensky later said North Korean ballistic missiles were involved in the strikes on the country describing it as a "vicious attack"

• In Russia, one person has been killed and two injured in overnight attacks in the Voronezh region, according to regional authorities

• Wildberries, known as Russia's Amazon, said its facilities had been attacked but added that evacuations took place in advance and goods were "mostly unaffected"
• Ukraine has also said it hit "one of the largest" oil refineries in Orenburg - located in the city of Orsk, around 1,500km from the frontline. It followed the region's governor confirming a fire had broken out in an industrial facility
• Images have also been circulating on social media showing smoke at a thermal power plant in Angarsk in the Irkutsk region - but the images have not been verified and there has been no official statement

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Live reporter

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Ukraine's attack on a Russian oil refinery in Orsk, 1,500km (930 miles) from the frontline, is the latest in a series of notable infrastructure strikes in recent weeks.

• 6 August: Ukraine said it hit two oil refineries deep in Russian territory, with Zelensky saying attacks were aimed at limiting the oil revenues Moscow "uses to finance" the war
• 3 August: A drone hit a warehouse belonging to Russia's largest online retailer Wildberries around 180km east of Moscow - one of a number of similar attacks in recent weeks

• 2 August: Ukraine said it hit a major oil refinery and airfield in Russia's Saratov region some 600km from Ukraine's border
• 4 July: Ukraine hit a major oil terminal in the city of St Petersburg, with Zelensky describing it as key "infrastructure that generates revenue for Russia's war"
• 24 June: A Ukrainian strike against an electricity substation knocked out power in Sevastopol, the largest city in Russian-occupied Crimea
• 18 June: Plumes of black smoke filled the Moscow sky as Ukraine hit an oil refinery in one of its largest attacks since the outbreak of the war
• 30 April: Ukraine said it hit one of Russia's largest oil refineries in the city of Perm, more than 1,500km from the front line

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We can now bring you an image from Orsk showing a large plume of smoke rising over the sky.

The general staff of Ukraine's armed forces has said it struck a large oil refinery in the city overnight, around 1,500km from the frontline, in a "deep strike".

The general staff of Ukraine's armed forces says it struck the Orsknefteorgsintez oil refinery in Orsk - a city in the Orenburg region.

The site hit by the “deep strike” is 1,500km (930 miles) from the frontline, Ukraine says.

It calls the refinery "one of the largest" in the region and "an important enterprise in Russia's fuel and energy sector".

"A fire has been reported. The extent of the damage is being clarified," the general staff says.

It follows earlier images circulating on social media.

President Zelensky has said recently that attacks on energy infrastructure are aimed at limiting the oil revenues Moscow "uses to finance" the war.

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Dan Johnson
Reporting from Kyiv

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As we've been reporting, President Volodymyr Zelensky says that Russia fired North Korean ballistic missiles as part of its strikes on Ukraine last night.

He’d already highlighted in last night’s address to the nation his belief that Russia was receiving more missiles from North Korea, warning the two nations have worked together and posed a growing threat, not just to Ukraine but also North Korea’s neighbours like Japan and South Korea.

He said it was the first time Russia was unable to wage war without North Korean support.

Zelensky also warned over the weekend that as many as 50,000 North Korean soldiers are being sent to join the military campaign defending Russian territory.

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Two women have been injured in a Russian drone strike on Sumy, according to Sergiy Kryvosheenko, head of the Sumy City Military Administration.

The women, aged 52 and 66, were treated at the scene, he says in a post on Telegram.

The strikes also damaged civilian vehicles, warehouse buildings and infrastructure facilities, he adds.

Dan Johnson
Reporting from Kyiv

Sirens sounded across Kyiv shortly after midnight and I heard loud explosions, likely to have been air defences trying to shoot down incoming missiles.

A second air raid alert woke people here around 3am.

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said the city was under Russian ballistic missile attack and medical teams were responding.

A warehouse on the outskirts was on fire and one person was reported hurt.

A children’s hospital was also struck but the patients and staff were sheltering.

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Ukrainian officials say Russia fired 120 drones overnight and a range of different missiles, but for the first time they’ve not given a number of missiles fired or intercepted.

It follows an Air Force statement yesterday urging the media not to write “sensationalised headlines” or “spread pessimism” about the shortage of air defence interceptors, though the same statement referred to “the challenges due to lack of anti-ballistic weaponry”.

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President Zelensky has warned of the danger of Russia bringing in troops and weapons from North Korea - both to Ukraine and the rest of the world.

In a video address on Monday evening, Zelensky said "for the first time" Russia "cannot wage war without reinforcements from North Korea".

"The more North Korean strikes there are here in Ukraine, in Europe, the more their missiles and soldiers are used, the more they correct their shortcomings and blind spots", Zelensky said, adding that this poses a danger to the rest of the world.

In the same address, he also hailed the successful air strike on a Russian petrochemical plant in western Siberia yesterday as a "very significant achievement" by the Ukrainian military.

He promised "more Ukrainian deep strikes, which should demonstrate to Russia and the Russians that peace is necessary".

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the overnight strikes on Zaporizhzhia involved North Korean ballistic missiles.

In a post on X, he describes it as a "vicious attack, calculated to inflict maximum damage specifically on civilian infrastructure".

As we've been reporting, six were killed and 19 injured in the region.

In Kyiv, Zelensky says a strike damaged an infectious disease hospital. Meanwhile, strikes on substations in Kherson and Kharkiv resulted in power outages, he adds.

"Every step Russia takes - increasing ballistic missile production, bringing in North Korean equipment, preparing for mobilization - all of this shows that Moscow is preparing not for peace, but for escalation," he says, calling on allies to respond with sanctions and air defences.

The drone attack on a Wildberries warehouse in Russia's Voronezh region is the latest in Ukraine's campaign against the Russian retailer.

Take a look at other locations that have been targeted in previous strikes.

Russia's Orenburg region has been attacked by Ukrainian drones with a fire breaking out at an industrial facility, according to the regional governor Yevgeny Solntsev.

"Preliminary reports indicate no casualties. Emergency services are working at the scene," he writes on Telegram. He says eight drones have been shot down.

As we've been reporting, separate unverified images on Telegram appear to show smoke at an oil refinery in Orsk - a city in Orenburg.

Russia's defence ministry has confirmed it launched strikes on "defence industry" targets and transport and logistic centres in Kyiv and Zaporizhzhia overnight.

Meanwhile, it says it "intercepted and destroyed" 396 Ukrainian drones over 15 regions of Russia.

As we've been reporting, Ukraine says six were killed in Zaporizhzhia and 19 injured. One was injured in Kyiv when a warehouse caught fire, according to emergency services.

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These are the latest images coming to us after Russia and Ukraine carried out more strikes overnight.

At least nine people were killed and dozens injured in Russian attacks on Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk.

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As well as the reported attack on the Wildberries site, there have also been reports of fires at energy plants deep into Russian territory.

Unverified images on Telegram show smoke at a thermal power plant in Angarsk in the Irkutsk region, and separate posts show smoke at an oil refinery in Orsk.

There were also unconfirmed reports of a fire at a refinery at Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk, in the far east of Russia.

Our teams are working to verify the images and we are yet to see official statements.

Ukraine has carried out attacks deep into Russian territory in recent days.

On Monday, President Zelensky said a refinery in Tobolsk, Siberia was hit. "The distance was significant – more than 2,500 kilometres," he said.

Meanwhile, local officials said on Monday at least 13 people were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike more than 1,000 kilometres into Russia.

The strike overnight from Sunday into Monday in the region of Tatarstan injured more than 75.

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A drone attack in Russia’s Voronezh region has killed one and injured two overnight, according to regional governor Alexander Gusev.

One of those injured was at "a large logistics centre", Gusev writes on Telegram.

He adds that fires broke out at "two warehouses belonging to a major company".

Wildberries - known as "Russia's Amazon" - said this morning that its facilities had been attacked.

"The fire that broke out as a result of an attack on the company's logistics facilities in the Voronezh region has been extinguished. Fire crews continue to work at the site," the retailer said on Telegram.

Facilities were evacuated in advance, it adds, and "goods were mostly unaffected".

The company has been repeatedly targeted by Ukraine in recent weeks.

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At least nine people were killed and dozens injured in Russian attacks across Ukraine overnight.

In Zaporizhzhia, six people were killed and 19 injured according to the regional governor. Ivan Fedorov says rockets and guided aerial bombs were used in the strikes.

In Kyiv, mayor Vitaliy Klitschko reported explosions, saying the capital was under "ballistic attack" on Monday night. Ukraine's emergency service said a warehouse caught fire and one person was wounded.

In the eastern Dnipropetrovsk region, three people were killed and five injured in Russian drone and artillery strikes, regional military administration head Oleksandr Ganzha said on Telegram.

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There has been another night of deadly strikes in the war between Ukraine and Russia.

In Ukraine, Russian attacks across the country killed at least nine people - we'll have more details in our next post.

In Russia, there was a drone attack on a Wildberries warehouse in Voronezh, the latest in Ukraine's campaign against the Russian retailer.

There are also reports of other damaged energy sites, deeper into Russian territory. Our teams are working to verify images and we'll have more details soon.