A Ukrainian strike killed at least three people in Crimea, the region's Moscow-installed authorities said Thursday, a day after Kyiv targeted energy and military sites in Saint Petersburg where Russia was hosting an economic forum.

June 4 (Reuters) - Ukraine launched attacks on the two main centres in the Russia-annexed Crimea peninsula, Kremlin-installed officials in the region said early on Thursday, a day after Moscow and Kyiv traded strikes on each other's cities.

The war has not been going the Kremlin’s way, with battleground losses and growing casualties. With fiercer strikes, Moscow hopes to gain a better position for negotiations.

Russian missile, drone strikes kill at least 13 people across Ukraine, authorities say, after President Zelenskyy warned Moscow was planning a "massive new strike."

The prospects for a deal to end the Russia-Ukraine war “don’t look great,” America’s top diplomat, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, acknowledged on Tuesday despite extensive efforts from the administration.

Ukrainian long-range drones struck an oil terminal in St. Petersburg and set it ablaze, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday, as the Russian city hosts an annual international economic forum that is a banner event for President Vladimir Putin.

It is the highest on-the-record estimate of Russian military deaths to come from any government since the war in Ukraine began.

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Russia's missile and drone attack on Ukraine is a reflection of its growing battlefield weakness and desperation to deter Western support.