Ukrainian drones reportedly struck an oil depot in Russia's Krasnodar Krai overnight on June 6 amid a wider Ukrainian attack on Russian regions, Russian Telegram media channels reported. Photos and videos posted on social media by local residents purport to show a fire emanating from an oil depot in the city of Ust-Labinsk.

By Vladimir Soldatkin and Andrew Osborn ST PETERSBURG, Russia, June 5 (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday he currently saw no reason to meet Volodymyr Zelenskiy after the Ukrainian president published an open letter proposing they hold face-to-face talks to agree an end to a war now in its fifth year.

Ukraine says it struck five ships carrying illegal cargo in the Sea of Azov and in coastal waters of Russian-occupied territories.

Moscow said the attacks were a response to a Ukrainian strike on a student dormitory in Russian-occupied territory, which reportedly killed at least 21 people. Ukrainian authorities denied launching such an attack.

Ukraine is significantly expanding its long-range drone attacks on targets across Russia -- including the capital Moscow -- according to data published by the Russian Defense Ministry, as the Kremlin's four-year-old full-scale invasion of its neighbor grinds on with little apparent hope for a peace deal or for the Russian victory that President Vladimir Putin has framed as inevitable.

Ukraine says it struck five ships carrying illegal cargo in the Sea of Azov and in coastal waters of Russian-occupied territories.

A massive black cloud rising above the St. Petersburg skyline from a Ukrainian drone strike set a gloomy tone for the opening of President Vladimir Putin’s annual showcase of Russia’s

Ukrainian authorities said Russian attacks killed at least seven people across several regions, according to the Daily Sun. Officials also reported damage to a Kyiv-region food plant that produces dairy goods for children.