May 8, 2025
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A reenactor puts on lipstick before a parade as part of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary, of the end of World War II in Europe, Thursday, May 8, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Cody Johnson performs "The Fall" during the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Lainey Wilson, from left, Reba McEntire, and Miranda Lambert perform "Trailblazer" during the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
A nun prays at St. Peter's Basilica waiting for smoke to billow from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Relatives mourn near the body of Amarjeet Singh, 51, killed in Pakistani artillery shelling in in Poonch along the Line of Control, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Georgetown Law student Sydnie Leigh throws her cap in the air while taking graduation photos in front of the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A drone used for TV broadcast is attacked by a seagull above St. Peter's Square where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Faithful take photos the black smoke billows from the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new Pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025 (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A woman, who only gave her first name as Ana, takes a picture as she visits a parish named after the Peruvian saint, Santo Tomas de Porres, the day Cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as Pope Leo XIV, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Jean Paul Correa Vasco feeds pigeons outside the Cathedral in Cartagena, Colombia, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, right, gestures next to attorney Toral Malik during an arraignment in Los Angeles, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
Palestinian fishermen collect their catch in nets along the Mediterranean shore in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, on Thursday, May 8, 2025 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israeli troops move along the border with Gaza, in southern Israel, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A resident inspects his house damaged by Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch, along the Line of Control, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Patrons watch live coverage of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV from St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican while having lunch at Ron's Roost Chicken Restaurant, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Andrea Gallardo, 20, from Texas, wears an American flag after Pope Leo XIV appeared on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica following his election, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Paolo Santalucia)
White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
People react as the newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica after his election, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
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A reenactor puts on lipstick before a parade as part of ceremonies marking the 80th anniversary, of the end of World War II in Europe, Thursday, May 8, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)
Cody Johnson performs "The Fall" during the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
Lainey Wilson, from left, Reba McEntire, and Miranda Lambert perform "Trailblazer" during the 60th annual Academy of Country Music Awards on Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Frisco, Texas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)
A nun prays at St. Peter's Basilica waiting for smoke to billow from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
Relatives mourn near the body of Amarjeet Singh, 51, killed in Pakistani artillery shelling in in Poonch along the Line of Control, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Georgetown Law student Sydnie Leigh throws her cap in the air while taking graduation photos in front of the U.S. Capitol, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears at the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A drone used for TV broadcast is attacked by a seagull above St. Peter's Square where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect successor of late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Faithful take photos the black smoke billows from the Sistine Chapel during the conclave to elect a new Pope, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025 (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
A woman, who only gave her first name as Ana, takes a picture as she visits a parish named after the Peruvian saint, Santo Tomas de Porres, the day Cardinal Robert Prevost was announced as Pope Leo XIV, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Tijuana, Mexico. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Jean Paul Correa Vasco feeds pigeons outside the Cathedral in Cartagena, Colombia, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)
Jimmy Wayne Carwyle, right, gestures next to attorney Toral Malik during an arraignment in Los Angeles, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, Pool)
Palestinian fishermen collect their catch in nets along the Mediterranean shore in Nuseirat, Gaza Strip, on Thursday, May 8, 2025 (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Israeli troops move along the border with Gaza, in southern Israel, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
A resident inspects his house damaged by Pakistani artillery shelling in Poonch, along the Line of Control, Indian controlled Kashmir, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
President Donald Trump speaks to reporters outside the West Wing of the White House, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Patrons watch live coverage of the newly elected Pope Leo XIV from St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican while having lunch at Ron's Roost Chicken Restaurant, Thursday, May 8, 2025, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Andrea Gallardo, 20, from Texas, wears an American flag after Pope Leo XIV appeared on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica following his election, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Paolo Santalucia)
White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel where 133 cardinals are gathering on the second day of the conclave to elect a successor to late Pope Francis, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025 (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
People react as the newly elected Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Pope Leo XIV appears on the balcony of St Peter's Basilica after his election, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)
Pope Leo XIV appears on the central loggia of St. Peter's Basilica after being chosen the 267th pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church, at the Vatican, Thursday, May 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.
A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.
Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.
For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.
The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”
Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.
Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.
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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)