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Russian missiles and drones bombard Ukraine in hourslong attack, killing at least 16

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Russia hammered civilian areas of Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles in an attack that stretched for hours from daytime into the night, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 80 others as terrified residents cowered in their homes, officials said Thursday.
Russia launched nearly 700 drones and dozens of ballistic and cruise missiles, primarily targeting civilians, in its biggest aerial barrage in almost two weeks, authorities said.
Tetiana Sokol, a 54-year-old resident of Kyiv, said two missiles hit near her home and she took cover with her dog in the hallway as flashes lit up the night and windows shattered from the blast wave.
«On the third attack everything broke, everything flew, we were shocked, we didn’t know where to run. I grabbed whatever came to hand and ran away with the dog,» she told The Associated Press. «I still can’t find the cats in the house, they climbed out somewhere, I don’t even know. No windows, nothing, the dog is still walking around in stress.»
RUSSIAN WINTER STRIKE LEAVES NEARLY 800K HOMES WITHOUT POWER AND HEAT IN UKRAINE’S DNIPRO REGION
Firefighters work to extinguish a fire in Kyiv after a Russian strike on April 16, 2026. Russia launched hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles at civilian areas across Ukraine, killing at least 16 people and injuring more than 80, officials said. (Serhii Okunev / AFP via Getty Images)
Moscow’s forces have hit civilian areas almost daily since its all-out invasion of its neighbor more than four years ago, with the regular assaults occasionally punctuated by massive attacks. More than 15,000 Ukrainian civilians have died in the strikes, the United Nations says.
Zelenskyy on a mission to improve air defenses
The latest bombardment came in the wake of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s 48-hour trip this week to Germany, Norway and Italy in an urgent search for more air defense systems that can stop Russian missiles.
Ukraine has developed a significant domestic arms industry, especially in the production of drones and missiles, but it can’t yet match the sophistication of U.S. Patriot air defense systems. Ukraine’s top diplomatic priority is securing allies’ help to buy and build more and better air defenses, Zelenskyy said this week.
Cash-strapped Ukraine also needs the speedy disbursement of a promised loan from the European Union of 90 billion euros ($106 billion) that has been blocked by Hungary.
Ukraine fears the Iran war is burning through stockpiles of the advanced American-made systems it needs, and has argued against a U.S. temporary waiver on Russian oil sanctions that Kyiv says is helping finance the Kremlin’s war effort.
US ACCUSES RUSSIA OF ‘DANGEROUS AND INEXPLICABLE ESCALATION’ IN UKRAINE WAR DURING PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

A woman walks her dog through the rubble of a house damaged in a Russian strike on Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 16, 2026. Officials said Russian forces fired nearly 700 drones and multiple missiles in a sweeping attack on Ukrainian civilians that lasted from day into night. (AP Photo/Evgeniy Maloletka)
«Another night has proven that Russia does not deserve any easing of global policy or lifting of sanctions,» Zelenskyy said on X.
He thanked Germany, Norway and Italy for new agreements this week on supporting Ukraine’s air defense. Officials are also working with the Netherlands on additional supplies, he said.
At the same time, he noted that some partner countries haven’t followed through on pledges of military support.
«I have instructed the Commander of the Air Force to contact those partners who earlier committed to providing missiles for Patriot and other systems,» Zelenskyy said.
Other areas of Ukraine and Russia were also hit
The bombardment was the biggest in weeks. Last month, Russia fired 948 drones and 34 missiles in the space of 24 hours in the largest assault of the war on civilian areas.
At least four people were killed overnight in Kyiv, including a 12-year-old, with more than 50 others injured, according to authorities. Officials said the attack damaged 17 apartment buildings, 10 private homes, as well as a hotel, office center, car dealership, gas station and a shopping mall in the capital.
RUSSIAN DRONE ATTACK ON PASSENGER TRAIN IS AN ‘ACT OF TERRORISM,’ ZELENSKYY SAYS

Firefighters work at a building damaged in an overnight strike by Russia in Kyiv, Ukraine, on April 16, 2026. Ukrainian officials said Russia’s hourslong aerial assault hit Kyiv, Odesa, the Dnipro region and Zaporizhzhia, damaging homes and other civilian sites. (Genya SAVILOV / AFP via Getty Images)
Nine people were killed and 23 injured in the southern port city of Odesa, three women were killed and around three dozen injured in the central Dnipro region, and one person was killed in Zaporizhzhia in the south.
«Such attacks cannot be normalized. These are war crimes that must be stopped and their perpetrators held to account,» Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on X.
Ukraine’s air force said air defenses shot down or disabled 667 out of 703 incoming targets, including 636 Shahed-type drones and other uncrewed aerial vehicles.
It said 20 strike drones and 12 missiles hit 26 locations.
Meanwhile, in Russia, Krasnodar regional Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev reported that a 14-year-old girl and a woman were killed in Ukrainian strikes in the Black Sea port of Tuapse.
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He said that attacks damaged six apartment buildings, 24 private houses and three schools. Drone fragments also fell near the port of Tuapse.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said that its air defenses downed 207 Ukrainian drones overnight.
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FBI raids Soros-backed voter group’s headquarters in reported fraud probe

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Federal investigators raided a Soros-funded voter mobilization group on Thursday as part of a reported ongoing fraud investigation.
FBI agents raided the headquarters of the Ohio Organizing Collaborative (OOC) on June 11 and deployed across the state to question members of the organization, sometimes bearing subpoenas or demanding to seize electronic devices, MS Now reported. A day later, multiple sources familiar with the events told CBS News that the operations were part of a fraud-related investigation.
The raid marks the latest flashpoint in the Trump administration’s expanded use of federal law enforcement to scrutinize alleged voter fraud and election-related misconduct, a push cheered by conservatives who have long argued such cases were under-enforced and condemned by Democrats and voting rights groups who say the effort risks turning the FBI into a political weapon against liberal voter registration operations.
OOC is a nonprofit organization that works closely with the Democratic Party in Ohio on voter mobilization and registration efforts. It is especially active in ballot referendums, tapping its vast donor network that includes the Soros family’s philanthropies, to do so.
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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks during a news conference about the Trump administration’s fraud crackdown as he’s flanked by federal and state officials in Ohio on Thursday, June 4, 2026. (WBNS via NNS)
The Department of Justice has declined to comment on the specifics of the purported investigation.
«Search warrants are authorized by a judge and anything said by any organization or others in the media is unfounded speculation, as the target of any investigation is not privy to the search warrant affidavit until after indictment,» a DOJ official told Fox News Digital.

A voter fills out a mail-in ballot at the Board of Elections office in the Allegheny County Office Building in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Nov. 3, 2022. (Jeff Swensen/Getty Images)
The group previously spent $250,000 in 2023 to oppose a GOP-led effort to block the right to an abortion from being enshrined in Ohio’s constitution and spent a further $300,000 against a Republican redistricting effort a year later.
OOC finances these expenditures by tapping a deep network of top-level liberal donors.
Recent tax documents show that the organization had over $10 million in revenue during 2024. OOC’s considerable financial resources are provided by a variety of high-profile Democratic-aligned donor organizations, including the Soros family’s philanthropies, New Venture Fund and the Tides Foundation as well as unions such as the American Federation of Teachers and the Service Employees International Union.
The Soros family’s Foundation to Promote Open Society gave OOC roughly $1.9 million between 2019 and 2020. In 2021, Open Society Action Fund gave an additional $1 million to OOC’s sister organization, the Ohio Organizing Campaign, followed by another $1 million donation in 2023.
GEORGE SOROS, BETO O’ROURKE BEHIND FUNDING FOR DEMS FLEEING TEXAS OVER GOP CONGRESSIONAL MAP
OOC has characterized the federal scrutiny as an example of the Trump administration politicizing the justice system.
«How can they distract and intimidate civil rights leaders and voters and community leaders who are helping people get registered to vote, and create a national spectacle about it?» Prentiss Haney, an OOC board member authorized to discuss the matter on behalf of the group, told MS Now. «That is the only reason why they would choose to do that, do it now, in the middle of a contested political election in the state. There’s no other reason. They have no evidence of that.»
OOC previously came under fire in 2017 when a paid canvasser working with the group pleaded guilty over his involvement in a fraudulent voter registration operation. Republicans, however, have yet to produce conclusive evidence of widespread voter fraud in recent election cycles.
ELECTION INVESTIGATION UNCOVERS ALLEGED ILLEGAL VOTING BY NONCITIZENS AND DOUBLE VOTERS IN MULTIPLE STATES

The Ohio State Capitol building stands in Columbus, Ohio. (Joe Sohm/Visions of America/Universal Images Group)
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Al menos 11 muertos y una catedral en llamas en Kiev tras un nuevo ataque de Rusia en Ucrania

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La guerra termina, pero crece la presión sobre las autoridades del régimen iraní por la crisis económica

El acuerdo alcanzado entre Irán y Estados Unidos para poner fin a la guerra abrió una nueva etapa para la República Islámica, marcada por la presión de una economía devastada, las expectativas de una población agotada por el conflicto y las demandas de los sectores más radicales del sistema, que reclaman una postura más dura frente a Washington.
Mientras el memorando que ambas partes firmarán el fin de semana en Suiza busca consolidar el cese de las hostilidades y reabrir el estrecho de Ormuz, dirigentes, analistas y ciudadanos coinciden en que los desafíos internos podrían convertirse en la principal preocupación de las autoridades iraníes en los próximos meses.
“En el momento en que termine la guerra, y dado que este acuerdo provisional es inestable, comenzarán los verdaderos problemas para la clase clerical iraní”, afirmó Hamidreza Azizi, investigador visitante del Instituto Alemán de Asuntos Internacionales y de Seguridad de Berlín.
Según funcionarios iraníes consultados por Reuters, existe una fuerte expectativa social de que cualquier alivio financiero derivado del acuerdo se traduzca en mejoras concretas para la población. Uno de ellos describió a los ciudadanos como “cansados de la guerra y las dificultades económicas” y señaló que los recursos obtenidos se destinarían a la reconstrucción, al sistema bancario y a programas de apoyo económico.
La economía iraní atraviesa una situación crítica. La inflación anual, que rondaba el 50% antes del conflicto, escaló hasta el 77%, mientras que en productos de primera necesidad llegó al 130 %. Además, el Gobierno estima que los ataques estadounidenses e israelíes causaron daños por unos 270.000 millones de dólares, afectaron cerca de 3.000 infraestructuras industriales y provocaron la pérdida de al menos dos millones de empleos.

En las calles de Teherán, el anuncio del acuerdo fue recibido con alivio. En la plaza Enqelab, uno de los centros neurálgicos de la capital, muchos ciudadanos expresaron su esperanza de que el entendimiento permita mejorar las condiciones de vida tras 39 días de bombardeos y más de dos meses de incertidumbre.
“Cuando escuché que Irán y Estados Unidos habían acordado un memorando de entendimiento sentí alivio”, dijo Mahmud, un cajero de supermercado de 46 años. “Estamos cansados del conflicto y queremos pasar página”, agregó. El trabajador explicó que el deterioro económico obligó a muchas familias a reducir gastos básicos. “Hemos dejado de tomar café todos los días o de comprar alimentos no esenciales”, relató.
Mahmud también expresó cautela respecto del futuro del acuerdo. “Creo que si las sanciones se reducen quizás mejore la economía y el Gobierno tenga más recursos por lo menos para evitar que la inflación siga subiendo”, sostuvo, aunque advirtió: “Ya hemos visto acuerdos que luego no se han mantenido”.
La expectativa económica también domina las preocupaciones de Alí, empleado de una compañía de seguros. “Lo importante es que se haya abierto una puerta a la diplomacia”, señaló. “Ahora mismo, una mejora de la situación económica sería lo más importante para nosotros los iraníes, que estamos siendo aplastados por la subida de precios”, añadió.
Ashkan, un desempleado de 38 años, consideró que el acuerdo representa una oportunidad pese a las incertidumbres sobre las futuras negociaciones nucleares. “Nadie sabe si las negociaciones tendrán éxito, pero después de meses de guerra, incluso la posibilidad de una solución diplomática ya se considera una buena noticia”, afirmó.

“Queremos mirar hacia adelante y recuperar una vida normal”, sostuvo. También remarcó que su generación busca “oportunidades, intercambios con otros países y un horizonte más predecible”.
Sin embargo, el acuerdo también generó rechazo entre sectores ultraconservadores que consideran que Irán obtuvo una victoria militar y no debería negociar con Washington.
Durante toda la guerra, las autoridades del régimen recurrieron a una fuerte movilización de grupos afines al sistema y reprimieron cualquier manifestación de disidencia. Ahora, parte de esa base política reclama una recompensa por su apoyo y cuestiona la decisión de sentarse a negociar con Estados Unidos.
Uno de los sectores más críticos es el Frente Paydari, una corriente ultraconservadora con representación parlamentaria y capacidad de presión sobre el establishment político.
Hossein, integrante de la milicia Basij vinculada a la Guardia Revolucionaria, expresó ese malestar. “Están haciendo un trato con el enemigo que martirizó a nuestro líder, a pesar de que habíamos ganado la guerra”, afirmó. “¿Qué ha sido de vengar la sangre del imán Khamenei? ¿Qué tipo de gobierno islámico es este? Y ahora, el viernes, quieren dar la mano a los asesinos del imán”, agregó.
Las manifestaciones de rechazo al acuerdo siguen siendo minoritarias. En Teherán, pequeños grupos de ultraconservadores continúan concentrándose con consignas como “Muerte a América”, “Muerte a Israel” y “Muerte a los vende patrias”.
Una manifestante aseguró que “hay que seguir luchando con Estados Unidos e Israel hasta derrotarlos” y sostuvo que el líder supremo, Mojtaba Khameneí, “no ha dado su visto bueno al acuerdo”.
Analistas consideran que el principal desafío del liderazgo iraní consistirá en equilibrar esas presiones contrapuestas. Por un lado, una población que exige alivio económico y estabilidad. Por otro, una base ideológica que reclama firmeza frente a Occidente y mayores inversiones en capacidades militares.
“El reto más inmediato para los dirigentes es cómo convencer a su propia base de apoyo de línea dura de que este es realmente un buen acuerdo”, sostuvo Azizi.
A su vez, el economista Saeed Laylaz advirtió: “Desde una perspectiva interna, Irán dispone ahora de un margen de tiempo limitado para controlar la situación interna”.
La posibilidad de nuevas protestas masivas permanece presente en el horizonte político iraní. Funcionarios y ex funcionarios reconocieron que el fracaso para mejorar las condiciones de vida podría reactivar el malestar social en un país donde las autoridades aún enfrentan las secuelas de las protestas de los últimos años y las tensiones derivadas de la sucesión en el liderazgo supremo tras la muerte de Ali Khamenei.
(Con información de EFE y Reuters)
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