Aces star A'ja Wilson injures her right wrist vs. the Liberty and will get an MRI

NEW YORK (AP) — Las Vegas star A'ja Wilson will have an MRI on the right wrist that she injured in an 87-78 loss to the New York Liberty on Tuesday night, Aces coach Becky Hammon said.

The coach didn't know the severity of the injury and said Wilson would get the imaging Wednesday morning.

“Big picture, our season is bigger than one game. We want to make sure she’s good to go," Hammon said.

The three-time MVP got hurt with 4:13 left in the second quarter when she drove down the lane and landed awkwardly after getting fouled. She was on the floor for a few minutes as her teammates rushed over to her side. Wilson got up and walked to the Las Vegas bench to an ovation from the Barclays Center crowd.

Wilson made the first of two free throws — her only point of the half. She departed with 2:22 left in the half and headed to the locker room. She missed all three of her shot attempts but had four rebounds and two assists.

“Obviously she changes the whole dynamic on both ends of the floor for us,” Hammon said. “You can’t replace her for sure — not (with) one person, two or even three or four.”

Wilson made three games earlier this season while in concussion protocol. The Aces, who play at Washington on Thursday, went 2-1 without their star.

Hammon said Wilson stayed in the game for a few minutes after getting hurt because she wanted to come out in the flow of play instead of having her team commit a foul and put the Liberty closer to the free-throw bonus.

“She didn't want us to play defense without having to hit anybody for 4 1/2 minutes. That's was what she was thinking,” Hammon said.

Wilson returned to the bench with her wrist wrapped in the second half. She came in averaging 21.9 points, 9.0 rebounds and 3.3 assists.

“We know she’s the heart and soul of this team. She has our back every night,” said Jackie Young, who led Las Vegas with 19 points.

Earlier in the night, Wilson was selected by Caitlin Clark to play on her team at the All-Star Game on July 19 in Indianapolis.

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Indiana Fever's Aliyah Boston (7) goes to the basket against Las Vegas Aces' A'ja Wilson (22) during the first half of a WNBA basketball game, Thursday, July 3, 2025, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

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)