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Symbolic image: Russia and Ukraine trade strikes as Starshield curbs hamper Ukrainian defences

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Russia and Ukraine trade strikes as Starshield curbs hamper Ukrainian defences

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Russia struck Kyiv-area defence plants and energy sites overnight on Thursday; Ukraine reportedly hit a Russian warship and a Siberian refinery. Zelensky says renewed Starshield limits hinder drone interception.

Russia's Defense Ministry said it launched a massive strike on military-industrial and energy facilities and an ammunition depot in Kyiv and the surrounding region, naming drone-assembly and rocket-fuel plants. Ukraine's Air Force said it downed 94 of 123 drones. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said a drone hit a nine-story residential building, killing one person and injuring five. Rivne's governor reported power outages but no casualties.

Warship and refinery

Bloomberg reports a Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian warship in the Gulf of Finland and says Ukraine claims a hit on Russia's biggest oil refinery in Siberia. Reuters reports that Finland detected a strike on a Russian warship in the Baltic Sea.

Starshield limits

Zelensky said on Thursday that a systemic cap of 161 kph (100 mph) has disrupted Starshield for days, so interceptors cannot reach the speed needed to down Russian jet-powered drones. Kyiv is seeking clarification from the US. A similar cap in mid-October was lifted on 24 October, and neither Musk nor the US government took responsibility.